'Trump famously does not rely on science, nor on experts.' (via latimesopinion)
President Trump soon claimed he was being “sarcastic,” trying to bait reporters, because, of course, when more than 50,000 of your fellow Americans have died from a little understood new virus, and millions more are unemployed, the moment screams out for sarcasm and hostility.
It is not clear how the topic of ingesting disinfectants came to Trump’s attention, but there is a thriving industry of snake oil salesmen who have pushed the practice for years. They market, an industrial form of bleach, as a miracle cure for ailments such as brain cancer and HIV/AIDS.
For years, quacks have been promoting the idea that ingesting bleach, either orally or by enema, can “cure” autism, a neurological condition for which there is no cure.About five years ago, Melissa Eaton, 40, a mom in Salisbury, N.C., whose 10-year-old son has autism,with other mothers of autistic children to infiltrate pseudoscience groups on social media that were promoting questionable autism treatments, including chlorine dioxide, the industrial bleach sold by Genesis and others.
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