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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDallas QAnon Cultists Are Drinking Toxic Chemicals from A Communal Bowl, Family Says
https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-qanon-cult-members-are-drinking-toxic-chemicals-en-masse-13038506The family of a Dallas' QAnon cult member is sounding the alarm.
Multiple members of the Leek family confirmed that their relative, who left her husband and children behind in Delaware to follow a fringe QAnon cult leader to Dallas last month, has been drinking a chemical cocktail containing chlorine dioxide, an industrial disinfectant, among other substances.
Their relative has been drinking this cocktail alongside her fellow cult members and has been the one to mix it up and distribute it amongst the group as well, says family, who have declined to reveal the name of their relative in the group.
"She was proud to tell us that she was the one mixing it up and giving it to everybody," a family member said.
Chlorine dioxide is a similar to bleach. It is dangerous to ingest in significant quantities. In April 2020, barely a month after the pandemic hit the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration issued a press release warning people against using chlorine dioxide-based products to fight COVID-19.
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Walleye
(44,807 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)yardwork
(69,364 posts)When I was in college I studied epidemics in history. This pandemic is playing out pretty much the way I expected.
2naSalit
(102,804 posts)Solve the problem all by themselves.
Reminds me of the time I was moving/relocating and found some immature squirrels who had fallen from their nest and their mom was missing. I worried about what to do but I was in the middle of moving and had no way to care for them. I decided to feed them and put them in a box by my porch overnight. As my head hit my pillow I suddenly remembered the fox who peed on my porch every night, he would eat them.
Next morning, sure enough, the box was empty and no sign of baby squirrels, problem solved by mother nature.
LeftInTX
(34,301 posts)If too strong, they will develop ulcers in their mouth and esophagus
If too weak, nothing happens, except if they keep it up, it could diminish natural flora in the digestive system, cause damage to teeth and stuff like that.
This is mostly a "bunch of dummies" story. It all depends on how they are diluting it. I highly doubt they are ingesting this full strength. It gives us a good reason to laugh at them, but I highly doubt that this will kill anyone.
10% or less bleach solution can be safely ingested.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427651/Sodium_hypochlorite_TO_PHE__130515.pdf
PatSeg
(53,214 posts)This "problem" we are dealing with might just kill itself off. These people are so self-destructive.
The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Hekate
(100,133 posts)
of what he professes, but is conducting a twisted experiment to see just how far he can lead people into utter absurdity on their way to suicide. Heavens Gate on a massive scale.
Maybe.
Bev54
(13,431 posts)Now it is just the loonies, making their own shit up and passing it on.
BlueTsunami2018
(4,990 posts)Drinking that will kill you in a relatively short amount of time. These people are absolutely insane, were better off without them
durablend
(9,270 posts)Almost seems like cries for help yelling at "the libs" to stop us from killing (them)ourselves.
Carry on, please.
LeftInTX
(34,301 posts)Article, doesn't indicate how they are diluting it.
If undiluted, they will be in the ER in short order because it will burn their mouth and esophagus.
If properly diluted, not much will happen.
Bleach at less that 10% dilution is actually "safe" to drink. It probably is not good long term, but is not going to kill anyone.
Orrex
(67,112 posts)You know, for maximum 5G-killing power.
viva la
(4,598 posts)They're a week away from Heaven's Gate.
SergeStorms
(20,591 posts)I won't miss one minute of sleep thinking about these dimwits.
durablend
(9,270 posts)magicarpet
(18,515 posts)lapfog_1
(31,904 posts)this is where "drink the koolaid" phrase comes from
sounds like History is sort of repeating itself
GoCubsGo
(34,915 posts)Jonestown 2021.
Lovie777
(22,985 posts)Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)Toxic magic dirt with lead.
spanone
(141,628 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Initech
(108,783 posts)keep_left
(3,211 posts)It's best known for causing your intestinal lining to shred. You literally crap your guts out. How dumb are these people?! Well, I guess I already know the answer to that question.
Buns_of_Fire
(19,161 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,706 posts)ClO2 has an ingestion LD50 of about 70ppm.
Now, for a 60kg person that's about 4.2g. So, ingesting that much as a weak solution would be a lot of solution to drink. (Assuming it needs to be well under 1% to avoid immediate irritation of the mouth & throat, so maybe a quart.)
But, that's the number that would kill 50% of the population so impacted. Even a tenth of that volume cannot be good!
So, my message to these Q nuts: DRINK UP!
LeftInTX
(34,301 posts)This article is a bit of a "click-bait".
No specific info is given etc.
We can point and laugh, but no one has died yet.
ProfessorGAC
(76,706 posts)My numbers were based on the common, commercially available 3% solution.
ClO2 is a gas, so there's no reliable rat testing that can be for ingestion, as the inhalation of the gas would be 95%+ of any effect.
LD50 values are generally exponentially correlated to concentration. So, even at 0.1% the LD50 only falls by a factor of 900. Still potentially a 0.055% chance of dying from it. That's 1 in 1,800 so we shouldn't be surprised nobody has died yet, I suppose.
Fortunately for these idiots, being highly water soluble, any ClO2 or free chlorine will be expelled through the urinary tract. There's no cumulative effect. (Other than accumulated tissue damage.)
NCjack
(10,297 posts)UV light up ass.
Vinca
(53,994 posts)Justice matters.
(9,787 posts)Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)Drinking poison.
housecat
(3,138 posts)11 Bravo
(24,310 posts)Drink away.
I have a sister like this.
She went crazy when President Obama became president.
She was a normal racist before that.
11 Bravo
(24,310 posts)when an intelligent, articulate, black man with a beautiful family assumed the Oval Office.
For some reason that really fucked with their heads.
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)My parents alive.
I stopped talking to her when they passed.
Nothing to talk about.
MontanaMama
(24,722 posts)The good news is that natural selection should take care of these folks.
dchill
(42,660 posts)KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)to dilute their Chlorine dioxide with gasoline they would. Maybe we should post on social media that Qrump
says to mix Chlorine dioxide with ?????? for optimum protection against the virus. They'll believe anything
posted online.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,926 posts)says without question.
I agree with Blue Tsunami 2018 that we are better off without them. They are completely beyond any kind of reasoning.
Gore1FL
(22,951 posts)But I expect if his story didn't include Trump and the Kennedys being Jesus or whatever they'd be less inclined to believe the story.
OverBurn
(1,292 posts)vanlassie
(6,248 posts)Efilroft Sul
(4,413 posts)"MAGAAAAAAA!"
C Moon
(13,643 posts)bucolic_frolic
(55,143 posts)It ain't really happening. They are perpetrating a hoax!
milestogo
(23,084 posts)DFW
(60,186 posts)Then Abbott and Paxton in Austin, too. Have Ted Nugent play in the background (after he has had his fill, as well).
Let them put their drinks where their mouths are.
Traildogbob
(13,018 posts)If they all die quickly. What is sick, like in Jonestown, is if they are giving it to children. Not really a fan of spawn from these assholes, but, they did not make the choice. If it is happening, they should be stormed and arrested and jailed for attempted murder.
LeftInTX
(34,301 posts)It doesn't cause harm at low dilutions.
It's more likely to cause burns and visits to the ER than death.
Traildogbob
(13,018 posts)Any bleach for kids I know. Thats Just me. FreeDumb to all others. Some people have more toxic water here in MurKKKa anyway. Too many people too little space. I keep a lighter at all times to help smokers out. Carrying capacity thing. Just helping out.
Historic NY
(40,037 posts)chowder66
(12,246 posts)Emile
(42,293 posts)Xolodno
(7,350 posts)..and when you add those who refuse the vaccine, you have to wonder, is the GOP following this to conclusion? This hurts them in the polls eventually.
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)The Republican leaders want these stupid people dead.
They have served their purpose.
They are a embarrassed by them and have become a threat to them.
They do not need their votes anymore, the Republicans running the states will count the votes.
These stupid people have become the tail wagging the dog.
Bottoms up, MAGATs!