After President Donald Trump dangerously suggested the use of disinfectant injections to fight off coronavirus, there has been a spike of improper usage of these cleaning products. Despite what happened, the POTUS saved himself and took no responsibility for the sudden increase.
"I can't imagine why," Donald Trump said during a White House news conference. When asked if he took any responsibility for it, he simply said, "No, I don't."
According to CNN, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan revealed that they received hundreds of calls from people around his state, asking the effectiveness of injecting or ingesting disinfectants to cure coronavirus. The Republic Party member said on CBS's Face the Nation that a president must get his facts straight in press conferences, especially in the time that people are afraid, and a global health crisis is happening.
Illinois also revealed that it experiences the same "significant increase in calls to poison control" after Donald Trump's suggestion. The country's Public Health Director, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, disclosed that they received a call from someone who used a detergent-based solution for a sinus rinse. There was also another one that mixed bleach and mouthwash to kill germs.
These things happened after Melania Trump's husband made a dangerous suggestion last week during a coronavirus briefing that injecting disinfectants and taking in sunlight could treat COVID-19 patients. The suggestion came after a Department of Homeland Security official reported that disinfectants, like bleach and alcohol, could kill the virus on the surface.
Known cleaning product companies, like Lysol, quickly issued public statements, revealing the dangers of taking any disinfectant products. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also released a reminder about the proper usage of household disinfectants.
Later, Donald Trump made it clear that he was only sarcastic when he made the suggestions. Allegedly, he told the officials to look into the effect of disinfectant on hands and not through ingestion or injection.
Independent noted that the former television personality, who wished to run the presidency again, claimed that he was only asking the reporters sarcastically about the use of disinfectants to see what would happen.
However, the transcript of his statement on the Thursday press briefing suggested otherwise, as he seemed to ask the alleged sarcastic question rather seriously and simultaneously. Donald Trump said that disinfectant could knock off the virus in a minute, asking if there could be a way that they could inject it inside the body or a cleaning.
