The Onion predicted Trump's suggestion that disinfectants might kill coronavirus

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Source: New York Daily News

The Onion ran a story nearly a month ago featuring a fictional grocery shopper in Wyoming stocking up on more than $2K worth of bleach, ammonia, and Drano in case Trump suddenly suggesteThe Onion predicted Trump’s suggestion that disinfectants might kill coronavirus

By BRIAN NIEMIETZ
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | APR 24, 2020 | 1:36 PMd human consumption of such things could be cure for the coronavirus.

A lot of media outlets were surprised by President Trump’s claim that injecting disinfectants into sick patients might cure coronavirus, but The Onion wasn’t one of them. (1)

The satirical newspaper ran a story nearly a month ago featuring a fictional grocery shopper in Wyoming stocking up on $2,513.67 worth of bleach, ammonia, and Drano in case the president suddenly suggested human consumption of such things could be the magical potion he’s been searching for to cure the pandemic that’s spread across the U.S. at an incomparable rate.

"I got toilet bowl cleaner, carpet cleaner, Swiffer WetJet refills — you name it — just so me and my family will be ready if the president announces one of these things can treat Chinese virus,” made-up man Troy Mitchell said in the fictional story. "You never know what might work in a pinch!”

That suddenly less-funny March 25 article eerily foreshadowed a press conference the president held Thursday, where he suggested cleaning agents might knock out the virus that has killed more than 193,000 people worldwide in roughly five months, according to Johns Hopkins University. (2)

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(1) https://local.theonion.com/man-just-buying-one-of-every-cleaning-product-in-case-t-1842493766

(2) https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-onion-predicted-trump-recommend-disinfectant-treat-coronavirus-20200424-tq6ou24rr5crhdyxrdap74glc4-story.html

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The Onion ran a story nearly a month ago featuring a fictional grocery shopper in Wyoming stocking up on more than $2K worth of bleach, ammonia, and Drano in case Trump suddenly suggested human consumption of such things could be cure for the coronavirus.

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NEWS IN BRIEF
Man Just Buying One Of Every Cleaning Product In Case Trump Announces It’s Coronavirus Cure

3/25/20 2:18PM • SEE MORE: CORONAVIRUS

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EVANSTON, WY—Throwing bottles of bleach, ammonia, and Drano into a cart at his local grocery store, area man Troy Mitchell was reportedly stocking up on one of every cleaning product he could find Wednesday in case President Donald Trump announces it is a coronavirus cure. “I got toilet bowl cleaner, carpet cleaner, Swiffer WetJet refills—you name it—just so me and my family will be ready if the president announces one of these things can treat Chinese virus,” said Mitchell, indiscriminately throwing containers of laundry detergent, Scrubbing Bubbles, grout whitener, steel wool, Febreze, Tilex mold and mildew remover, and laptop screen wipes into the cart, the contents of which rang up to $2,513.67 at checkout. “I’m not getting caught without some oven degreaser should Trump say it’s going to save us, so I better go ahead and grab me a bottle. After this, I’m hitting the hardware store to pick up a 5-gallon bucket of roof sealant to make sure I’m prepared in the event that turns out to be what gets rid of the Wuhan. Could just be 10 or 20 squirts of Windex into each nostril. You never know what might work in a pinch!” At press time, neighbors confirmed Mitchell had been found unresponsive on the floor of his bathroom with several empty aerosol cans of Rust-Oleum wax-and-tar-removing solvent by his head.

[PatSeg]

1. That is really creepy

Even The Onion can't satirize the fool.

[IronLionZion]

2. The truth is dumber than satire

that's what it's come to

[burrowowl]

3. Yup!

[Terry_M]

10. GODAMMNED MOTHER F****** B*******. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[turbinetree]

4. The Onion is more reliable than let me see...............

trump, Hannity, Ingraham, The three doofus's sitting the white couch each morning on fix noise, Hewitt, Limpbaugh, Perrino, Murdoch, Eric T, Don.Jr, Jared, Ivanka, kemp, Desantis, Pickett, Abbott, #Msocow Mitch, barrasso, Thune, Roberts, Alito, kavanaugh, Gorsuch............198 congressional people and staff, 52 republican senators (see above), Kochs, devos, Walker, Ryan, ............

[Javaman]

5. I morn the loss of satire and irony. Nt

[LudwigPastorius]

6. "Word Enters Post-Satire Era"

https://newsthump.com/2016/10/16/world-enters-post-satire-era/

The world has entered a new era where it has become impossible to distinguish between satire and reality, historians have confirmed.

Stories written by online piss-takers have been found to be coming true at an ever-increasing rate, assuming they weren’t already, leading to some theorising we could reach a piss taking/ reality singularity by 2018.

At a conference in Geneva, leading historians confirmed the death of David Bowie will formally mark the beginning of the new epoch, although signs of the change had been visible before.

“The role of Internet fuckwittery has gone from reactive to predictive,” said historian Simon Williams, who himself has only existed since a sort-of popular joke news website received its first letter of complaint from someone of the same name in 2010.

[catbyte]

7. That's probably where he got the idea. He hates actual news.

[olddad65]

8. I think clorox is on top of this

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[billh58]

9. You can't post pics directly

into a reply. See this thread for more info:

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/125612656

[ck4829]

11. K&R

[Maxheader]

12. Same Nutjobs that thought ..

All the clocks would stop at the stroke of midnight...2000.
Iraq war was justified..
Black helicopters are everywhere..etc..