Surge in calls to NYC Poison Control even larger than thought after Trump's 'disinfectant' comments
New York City health authorities fielded 86 calls from people fearing they had ingested household cleaners in the 30-hour span that followed President Trump’s dangerous suggestion that injecting disinfectants could cure coronavirus — a remarkably high number even as compared to an overall uptick amid the pandemic, the Daily News has learned.
The barrage of calls about disinfectant exposure — nearly three every hour on average — came into the city Health Department’s Poison Control Center between 6 p.m. on April 23 and midnight on April 24, according to data provided by the agency.
At least 39 of the calls specifically involved possible ingestion of “bleach” or “disinfectants,” the data shows. The remaining cases were concerning unspecified types of household cleaners. None of the cases resulted in deaths.
On the evening of April 23, Trump mused during a White House briefing about the possibility of injecting disinfectants into the lungs of COVID-19 patients amid news that the products were successful in killing the virus on surfaces.
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