A fringe movement that claims bleach is a miracle cure is jubilant after Trump floated idea. [View all]
Advocates of a toxic bleach "miracle cure" are claiming vindication after President Donald Trump at a press briefing suggested that injecting disinfectant could cure the novel coronavirus.
In comments that have stunned medical professionals, the president at Thursday's embarked on a wild series of speculations about coronavirus cures.
"I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?" Trump asked, as a top medical adviser looked on aghast.
Pointing to his head, the president continued: "I'm not a doctor. But I'm, like, a person that has a good you-know-what."
The White House did not immediately respond to a question from Business Insider on the source of the president's belief about disinfectant.
While many greeted the claim as patent nonsense, members of a movement advocating so-called Miracle Mineral Solution — a type of bleach — were quick to claim vindication.
Miracle Mineral Solution, or MMS, is a family of substances based around chlorine dioxide. Its adherents claim it can cure a raft of otherwise incurable illnesses. The FDA has warned that chlorine dioxide has "serious and potentially life-threatening side effects" when consumed.
Among them Jordan Sather, who is also an exponent of the pro-Trump "QAnon" conspiracy movement.
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