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From the page linked in the article: "A man has died and his wife is under critical care after the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate, an
by makomk 7y ago
From the page linked in the article: "A man has died and his wife is under critical care after the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate, an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks.". Did he literally just consume fish tank cleaner? That seems like a really easy way to mess up dosing.
- austenallred 7y agoyes, that is precisely what happened
- pkilgore 7y agoI'm curious what your source is? I haven't found anything with more details than the linked article.
- makomk 7y agoThere's an NBC News interview. Apparently they literally took aquarium cleaner that they happened to have in the house from keeping koi fish. Didn't bother calculating dosage or anything.
- marzell 7y agoIt doesn't say they consumed aquarium cleaner. It says they consumed a chemical, which is used in aquarium cleaners. Like water.
- pkilgore 7y agoI agree, it's not clear if the couple consumed the unformulated active pharmaceutical ingredient. But the fish tank part would be true either way (I don't know!), and was likely included to scare people from doing stupid shit like this. It's the same reason you can survey people about whether we should ban the corrosive chemical dihydrogen monoxide and you'll get a ton of yes responses. In the absence of sophisticated knowledge I think framing matters!
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- cheese4242 7y agoYes, they did consume fish tank cleaner: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/man-dies-wife-in-critical-condition-after-ingesting-chloroquine-phosphate-hoping-to-stave-off-coronavirus-2020-03-23?mod=mw_latestnews https://www.marketwatch.com/story/man-dies-wife-in-critical-...