DALLAS – Following 46 cases of bleach ingestions in the North Texas Poison Center region since the start of August, experts are again warning people that drinking the chemical won’t prevent COVID-19.”
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) August 25, 2020
(h/t @DrEricDing) https://t.co/qH9giISBkA
Gargling with bleach? Americans misusing disinfectants to prevent coronavirus, survey finds https://t.co/VyFIzSGNW2 pic.twitter.com/IpdmcjybiS
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 5, 2020
CDC: Some Americans are misusing cleaning products — including drinking them — in effort to kill coronavirus https://t.co/Lt1gPMKBXx
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 5, 2020
New CDC report: One-third of survey respondents engaged in “high-risk practices”—like using “bleach on food products,” “applying cleaning and disinfectant products to skin,” and “inhaling or ingesting cleaners”—in an effort to prevent COVID-19 infection.https://t.co/ZK55RgCIPf
— Olivia Messer 🌻 (@OliviaMesser) June 5, 2020
OMG! Putting bleach on their food. Washing their bodies w/ household cleaning & disinfectant products. Inhaling and sometimes even gargling w/ bleach or disinfectants — A 3rd of Americans surveyed by the CDC admit to risky cleaning behaviors like these during #COVID19 pandemic.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) June 5, 2020
Sad! 