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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA fringe movement that claims bleach is a miracle cure is jubilant after Trump floated idea.
Advocates of a toxic bleach "miracle cure" are claiming vindication after President Donald Trump at a press briefing suggested that injecting disinfectant could cure the novel coronavirus.
In comments that have stunned medical professionals, the president at Thursday's embarked on a wild series of speculations about coronavirus cures.
"I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?" Trump asked, as a top medical adviser looked on aghast.
Pointing to his head, the president continued: "I'm not a doctor. But I'm, like, a person that has a good you-know-what."
The White House did not immediately respond to a question from Business Insider on the source of the president's belief about disinfectant.
While many greeted the claim as patent nonsense, members of a movement advocating so-called Miracle Mineral Solution a type of bleach were quick to claim vindication.
Miracle Mineral Solution, or MMS, is a family of substances based around chlorine dioxide. Its adherents claim it can cure a raft of otherwise incurable illnesses. The FDA has warned that chlorine dioxide has "serious and potentially life-threatening side effects" when consumed.
Among them Jordan Sather, who is also an exponent of the pro-Trump "QAnon" conspiracy movement.
https://www.businessinsider.com/mms-fans-celebrate-trump-claim-disinfectant-might-cure-coronavirus-2020-4
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Does General Trump get a cut of the action? I mean, buy stock if they have it because Miracle Mineral Solution is rising with a bullet.
underpants
(182,788 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)TlalocW
(15,381 posts)I don't know if that's good enough to put them out of business or not. Jim Bakker got the hammer in Missouri for his silver solution claims (similar to MMS), and for whatever reason, he's now unable to take credit card donations/purchases, and he claims he's on the verge of bankruptcy. One could hope that he's telling the truth for once.
https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-food-drug-administration-bleach-1498751
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