Re:Ultraviolet Irradiation of Blood: “The Cure That Time For...
by mattnewton on Friday April 24, 2020 @01:43PM
(#22970879)
The problem with your metaphor is leaving the Fridge open to cool the house does not kill you (and the person wondering that is not holding a position of high prestige). People are actually worried about people injecting disinfectant.
“My concern is that people will die. People will think this is a good idea,” Craig Spencer, director of global health in emergency medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, told The Washington Post. “This is not willy-nilly, off-the-cuff, maybe-this-will-work advice. This is dangerous.”
And they have cause to be, after the last time Trump spoke about chloroquine and people listening to him consumed aquarium chemicals and died as a result.
The media has a responsibility to report information of medical experts and no responsibility to be charitable to the President to save him from embarrassment here.
“My concern is that people will die. People will think this is a good idea,” Craig Spencer, director of global health in emergency medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, told The Washington Post. “This is not willy-nilly, off-the-cuff, maybe-this-will-work advice. This is dangerous.”
Lysol is worried about it: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/do-not-inject-disinfecta...
And they have cause to be, after the last time Trump spoke about chloroquine and people listening to him consumed aquarium chemicals and died as a result.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/health/arizona-coronavirus-ch...
The media has a responsibility to report information of medical experts and no responsibility to be charitable to the President to save him from embarrassment here.