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Re:Bill Gates slams 'shocking' U.S. response to Covid-19 pan... by baryphonic on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:24AM (#24482250)
Who was telling people to drink bleach? Can you cite a specific instance?
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Re:Bill Gates slams 'shocking' U.S. response to Covid-19 pan... by me_me_me on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:34AM (#24482422)
https://quackwatch.org/cases/board/med/buttar/complaint_2009...

There one example

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Re:Bill Gates slams 'shocking' U.S. response to Covid-19 pan... by youngNed on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:32AM (#24482388)
While stopping short of suggesting injestion of bleach trump certainly posited whether bleach used internally (on the lungs) could be an effective medication - so yeah, maybe he didn't mean drinking it, maybe he meant injecting it?
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Re:Bill Gates slams 'shocking' U.S. response to Covid-19 pan... by frederikb on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:35AM (#24482430)
US President Trump seriously suggested research into injecting bleach to the horror of doctors and medical professionals everywhere: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52407177

It lead to actual problems of US American citizens ingesting/consuming bleach which forced government agencies to put out warnings: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/08/24/some...

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Re:Bill Gates slams 'shocking' U.S. response to Covid-19 pan... by hiram112 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:46AM (#24482598)
You can read his exact quote here: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200713/fact-check-did-trump...

Never once does he mention the word 'bleach'. He uses the terms UV light and disinfectant. But I guess using disinfectant, to the average American reader, is synonymous with literally injecting bleach into your body or guzzling it down your throat...

Remember when NPR came out with this article entitled: "No, You Don't Need To Disinfect Your Groceries", and the media was outraged because millions of Americans were dumb enough to start soaking their food in bleach? Yeah, me neither.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/12/8322692...

Interestingly, looks like he was right about it anyway:

https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/using-uv-light-to...

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