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> Maybe some day people will be able to design their own medication and targeted supplements. > What worries me is this may be decades away. First the good ne

> Maybe some day people will be able to design their own medication and targeted supplements. > What worries me is this may be decades away. First the good news: That day is here!! Now the bad news: that medication isn't working out great for them. Apparently some wingnut told people that drinking bleach was a potential cure for some ills. Didn't go great. And thats the problem with what you wish for - a popular facebooker, youtuber, instagrammer, president tells people that they can design their own medication, people are going to do it.

baryphonic 6y ago
Who was telling people to drink bleach? Can you cite a specific instance?
- youngNed 6y ago
  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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- me_me_me 6y ago
  https://quackwatch.org/cases/board/med/buttar/complaint_20091/ https://quackwatch.org/cases/board/med/buttar/complaint_2009... There one example
- frederikb 6y ago
  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 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-americans-are-tragically-still-drinking-bleach-as-a-coronavirus-cure/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/08/24/some...
  - hiram112 6y ago
    You can read his exact quote here: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200713/fact-check-did-trump-tell-people-to-drink-bleach-to-kill-coronavirus 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/2020/04/12/832269202/no-you-dont-need-to-disinfect-your-groceries-but-here-s-to-shop-safely 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-fight-covid-19-what-to-know-about-its-effectiveness-91729989602 https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/using-uv-light-to...

baryphonic 6y ago

Who was telling people to drink bleach? Can you cite a specific instance?

youngNed 6y ago
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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me_me_me 6y ago
https://quackwatch.org/cases/board/med/buttar/complaint_20091/ https://quackwatch.org/cases/board/med/buttar/complaint_2009... There one example
frederikb 6y ago
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 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-americans-are-tragically-still-drinking-bleach-as-a-coronavirus-cure/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/08/24/some...
- hiram112 6y ago
  You can read his exact quote here: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200713/fact-check-did-trump-tell-people-to-drink-bleach-to-kill-coronavirus 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/2020/04/12/832269202/no-you-dont-need-to-disinfect-your-groceries-but-here-s-to-shop-safely 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-fight-covid-19-what-to-know-about-its-effectiveness-91729989602 https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/using-uv-light-to...