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Ok, I can get sort of disagreeing the wildfires are from climate change - that's a couple of logical steps you have to make. But "It's not causing anyone to cough" is plainly ludicrous. It was making me cough when I went outside.

"It doesn't smell bad"? Maybe they have COVID and lost their sense of smell altogether? It certainly smelled bad to me. And if you thought it smelled great - wow. I just don't ever want to be around you if you like those sorts of smells. I can't see it actually working with anyone who's ever been in wildfire smoke before - like you don't need science or education or anything to notice if it makes you cough, or tell something doesn't smell great.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't need a high level of education to know you shouldn't inject bleach into your system to kill COVID-19, and yet people died listening to Trump's suggestion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"people died listening to Trump’s suggestion" is undoubtedly true, but are there any documented cases of someone actually injecting bleach, much less that leading to their death?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I can't find the article anymore because it was back in 2020 when I read it but a woman claimed her father injested bleach after seeing Trump's press conference and died from it. The only articles I find now are upticks in poisonings. Maybe it was debunked since then?

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2020/04/trumps-disinfectant-injection-claim-has-actually-caused-people-to-poison-themselves/

[–] kamenoko 2 points 1 year ago

Injecting, don't think so. But ERs in the states that villify any lifestyle other than theirs saw a drastic uptick people drinking bleach. Also never forget Ivermectin.