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Aviation91

(114 posts)

16. What Idiots!!

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2020, 02:56 PM

May 2020

Why in the hell would anybody have to call the Poison Control Hotline to ask whether you should drink disinfectant? All you have to do is read the dam label...but then I guess they only read the label to get the number after they drank it!!!

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Accidental poisonings from bleach and other disinfectants spiked amid coronavirus [View all] babylonsister May 2020 OP

I have a hard time understanding that someone would drink or otherwise ingest The Figment May 2020 #1

Nothing 'accidental' about it The Blue Flower May 2020 #2

And nobody knows why! gratuitous May 2020 #3

Okay explain why.... jberryhill May 2020 #4

Just because Lord Littlehands was late to the party gratuitous May 2020 #5

How does that article support the assertion... jberryhill May 2020 #7

Oh, I guess the Blue Ridge Poison Control Center just issued a random statement gratuitous May 2020 #12

i bet Trump would be proud of this KayF May 2020 #6

I hope someone sues the Dotard for this. nt raccoon May 2020 #8

Тяцмр Is an idiot. But a rise in accidental ingestion ... Whiskeytide May 2020 #9

Note the timeline in the article jberryhill May 2020 #10

You're right. Just saw your post above. n/t Whiskeytide May 2020 #11

Yes, we're disinfecting, but 'accidently' ingesting? babylonsister May 2020 #14

Well, I assume people aren't careful, and are ... Whiskeytide May 2020 #17

A lot of people are really stupid. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #13

I miss the days when a president would never tell people to drink bleach. Initech May 2020 #15

What Idiots!! Aviation91 May 2020 #16

What bothered me most about the whole exchange... MissMillie May 2020 #18