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An unusual number of New Yorkers contacted city health officials for fear of drinking bleach or other cleaning products within 18 hours of President Donald Trump’s false claim that ingesting such products could cure the coronavirus, according to a report. from NY Daily News.
The Poison Control Center handled 30 cases of possible exposure to disinfectants between 9 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Friday, a spokesman said. No one died or needed to be hospitalized.
Of the reported cases, nine were specifically about possible exposure to lysol, a disinfectant sold in the United States; ten refer to bleach and 11 to cleaning products in general, the center spokesman said.
Better prevention: hand hygiene
A lot of information is published daily in the press about coronavirus prevention, but it’s worth remembering that the best way is to keep your hands clean, either with soap and water or gel alcohol, wear a mask when leaving the house, and avoid touching your eyes, mouth and eyes. nose without hand hygiene.
So that the virus does not spread and does not collapse the health system, social distance is also essential. Disinfectants and cleaning products should only be used on surfaces to be cleaned.
Many fake news they circulate proposing miraculous ways to be immune or to cure the virus. Some publications say that drinking clean water every 15 minutes would eliminate any virus through urine and sweat. “The new coronavirus cannot be eliminated through urine or sweat,” explains infectious disease doctor Hélio Bacha of the Israelite Albert Einstein Hospital.
Other messages say that maintaining an alkaline diet, drinking hot water or tea, or gargling with salt and vinegar would be effective ways to kill or protect yourself against covid-19. It’s a lie.
There is no miracle cure
Scientists around the world are studying an efficient vaccine, something that should take 1.5 to 3 years to get ready. In addition to research with medications that already exist to combat the inflammation caused by the coronavirus: hydroxychloroquine, anticoagulants, antivirals, plasma therapy, etc.
However, it is worth noting that treatment for patients must be administered in a hospital and supervised by a specialized medical team, as there are significant side effects. Do not attempt to self-medicate, as there is no evidence of prophylaxis for any remedy studied so far.
Trump stepped back
Trump on Friday downplayed his remarks about ingesting disinfectant to combat the new coronavirus. He said he was sarcastic when he suggested that people could try taking the product.
Joe Biden, a Democratic candidate to face Trump in the November election, joined the avalanche of jokes on the Internet and stated: “I can’t believe you said that, but please don’t take bleach.”
The manufacturer of the household product Lysol said in a statement that “under no circumstances should our disinfectants be administered to the human body (by injection, ingestion or any other route).”
White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said the media took “President Trump out of context,” but did not say he was being sarcastic.
