3 men drink disinfectant after Donald Trump suggests it could cure coronavirus
Three men have drunk liquid cleaning products after Donald Trump ‘sarcastically’ questioned whether it could be a treatment for coronavirus. Last week the US president said scientists should explore whether inserting light or disinfectant into the bodies of people infected with Covid-19 might help them treat the respiratory illness caused by the virus.
The director of the Georgia Poison Centre reported that two men had drunk cleaning products over the weekend.
Gaylord Lopez said both men, who had histories of psychiatric problems, are expected to recover.
He told the Daily Mail he did not know if the men drank the chemicals because they’d heard Trump’s comments
A state health officer in Kansas reported a similar case of an unidentified man drinking a product because of ‘advice’, although he did not specify the source of the advice.
Dr Lee Norman said they are doing everything they can to counter-message “against that kind of remedy”.