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Ohiogal

(31,660 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 05:31 PM Apr 2020

Leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus 'cure' wrote to Trump this week

So this is where he got his dumb idea.... this place claims to be a church?!

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The leader of the most prominent group in the US peddling potentially lethal industrial bleach as a “miracle cure” for coronavirus wrote to Donald Trump at the White House this week.

In his letter, Mark Grenon told Trump that chlorine dioxide – a powerful bleach used in industrial processes such as textile manufacturing that can have fatal side-effects when drunk – is “a wonderful detox that can kill 99% of the pathogens in the body”. He added that it “can rid the body of Covid-19”.

A few days after Grenon dispatched his letter, Trump went on national TV at his daily coronavirus briefing at the White House on Thursday and promoted the idea that disinfectant could be used as a treatment for the virus. To the astonishment of medical experts, the US president said that disinfectant “knocks it out in a minute. One minute!”

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Grenon styles himself as “archbishop” of Genesis II – a Florida-based outfit that claims to be a church but which in fact is the largest producer and distributor of chlorine dioxide bleach as a “miracle cure” in the US. He brands the chemical as MMS, “miracle mineral solution”, and claims fraudulently that it can cure 99% of all illnesses including cancer, malaria, HIV/Aids as well as autism.

Since the start of the pandemic, Genesis II has been marketing MMS as a cure to coronavirus. It advises users, including children, to mix three to six drops of bleach in water and drink it.

In his weekly televised radio show, posted online on Sunday, Grenon read out the letter he wrote to Trump. He said it began: “Dear Mr President, I am praying you read this letter and intervene.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-leader-group-peddling-bleach-cure-lobbied-trump-coronavirus






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Leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus 'cure' wrote to Trump this week (Original Post) Ohiogal Apr 2020 OP
Jim Jones at scale... berni_mccoy Apr 2020 #1
Why doesn't he listen to MY emails? BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #2
I guess you didn't sound Ohiogal Apr 2020 #3
Coming soon to a store near you Clash City Rocker Apr 2020 #4
Here's a good vid about this quackery Revanchist Apr 2020 #5
Oh my TEB Apr 2020 #6

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
2. Why doesn't he listen to MY emails?
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 05:35 PM
Apr 2020

I have nicely suggested he resign, live in a nursing home for 48 hours, move to Russia, etc but no response...

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