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SouthernCal_Dem

(852 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 07:35 AM Apr 2020

Lysol Producer Says Do Not Ingest or Inject to Fight Coronavirus

Source: Mediaite

The British company that makes Lysol, and other disinfectants, released a public statement imploring consumers NOT to administer their disinfectant products in the human body. The remarkable statement comes hours after President Donald Trump curiously suggested some medically questionable remedies to the deadly Covid-19 contagion behind the coronavirus pandemic.

During Thursday night’s regular White House briefing from the coronavirus task force, President Trump suggested that household bleaching agents in most surface disinfectants to a possible internal treatment for humans, which would be toxic and possibly fatal.

“Then I see the disinfectant, one minute. Is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside, or almost a cleaning,” Trump noted. “Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it’d be interesting to check that so that you’ll have to use medical doctors with. But it sounds interesting to me. So we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, where it goes in one minute. That’s pretty powerful.”

Reckitt Benckiser Group is a British multinational consumer goods company that produces Lysol among many other disinfecting household goods, directly responded to Trump’s comments, writing “we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route).”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/trump/lysol-producer-releases-statement-after-trump-briefing-do-not-ingest-disinfectants/

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Lysol Producer Says Do Not Ingest or Inject to Fight Coronavirus (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem Apr 2020 OP
If you gave tRump a Lysol enema, there'd only be an empty husk to blow away in a breeze. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #1
+1000 LOL! FakeNoose Apr 2020 #43
"Hey Billy Bob! You think Listerine would be OK? They took the 'y' out." /nt bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #2
LOL! idziak4ever1234 Apr 2020 #3
That is a damn shame that medical experts and . . . Iliyah Apr 2020 #4
If they were stupid enough to vote for him, they're stupid enough Grokenstein Apr 2020 #5
The Lysol company is obviously a bunch of liberal pussies. Dave Starsky Apr 2020 #6
But...but....Wuhan Don said there is a hugelly chance it could work Bengus81 Apr 2020 #7
Another game changer rpannier Apr 2020 #13
It would probably work. The person would be dead, but the bleach would probably kill the virus LiberalArkie Apr 2020 #22
The media is still handling the f@#%$# moron with kid gloves... Hugin Apr 2020 #8
And the doctors too! Every doc at the presser should have jumped up, taken the microphone away Nay Apr 2020 #25
Birx looked like she was going to throw up. Staring away from him into space. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #28
BUT SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. This is the problem. The EXPERTS won't even try to Nay Apr 2020 #33
I agree. Looked like she was thinking in career terms. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #36
If she stood up and got fired, the world would give her a medal. And as a doctor, she'll never be Nay Apr 2020 #41
I agree. She did nothing. She is part of the problem. Same school of learning as Ben Carson?? nt Hotler Apr 2020 #44
Great post. Nt raccoon Apr 2020 #53
Luckovich has this one dead on............. Bengus81 Apr 2020 #9
He's trying to kill off his voters RussBLib Apr 2020 #10
Surely it is illegal Aussie105 Apr 2020 #11
Remember the girl that was convicted for encouraging her friend to go through with their sucide. Hotler Apr 2020 #45
They've already had some ER visits n/t TexasBushwhacker Apr 2020 #49
Trump should show us all as fools by trying it on himself IronLionZion Apr 2020 #12
Trump thought telling the world about disinfectant injections was a good idea. It's 25A time. bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #14
Fun Fact! Vinnie From Indy Apr 2020 #15
Then true Trump supporters should be rebels and drink it anyway, and bleach too IronLionZion Apr 2020 #16
Freedumb! Freedumb! We have a right to bleach our insides! lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #29
Those authoritarian liberals don't want us to drink Lysol and Clorox IronLionZion Apr 2020 #39
You guys are hilarious! montana_hazeleyes Apr 2020 #51
Somewhere Orwell is laughing...or crying. benfranklin1776 Apr 2020 #17
Right, like don't vote for a Republican. rusty quoin Apr 2020 #19
Indeed that is the first duty of all rational people. benfranklin1776 Apr 2020 #20
Next up: laetrile ucrdem Apr 2020 #18
Dear MAGAts... catbyte Apr 2020 #21
Consumer Affairs departments prob be deluged with inquiries seeking the safe injectable this week bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #23
Then why does it come in such delicious flavors? IronLionZion Apr 2020 #24
Why not ajax? Mendocino Apr 2020 #26
The Original Scent Lysol Collimator Apr 2020 #27
Now it's advertised BY a douche. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #30
DUZY!!!!! Nay Apr 2020 #34
Yep, I bet Lysol would "do a tremendous number on the lungs." malthaussen Apr 2020 #31
I can't help but wonder how Fox is portraying all this MissMillie Apr 2020 #32
This is his "Drink the Kool-Aid" moment. Literally! n/t aggiesal Apr 2020 #35
America is now Jonestown on a continental scale. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #38
Got that 25th Amendment case ready yet? Bayard Apr 2020 #37
Nope. The Brave who owns the Land is absent... Lock him up. Apr 2020 #46
Pffft yeah sure. Turbineguy Apr 2020 #40
Which networks/channels broadcast his COVID-19 rallies? Hopefully FOX does. Talitha Apr 2020 #42
I had an epiphany while in the auto parts store today... jeffreyi Apr 2020 #47
It doesn't taste good anymore jmowreader Apr 2020 #48
Didn't know that. jeffreyi Apr 2020 #50
It doesn't seem to work on dogs jmowreader Apr 2020 #52

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
4. That is a damn shame that medical experts and . . .
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 07:50 AM
Apr 2020

cleaning, disinfectant manufacturers have to come out and "warn" people.

Grokenstein

(5,727 posts)
5. If they were stupid enough to vote for him, they're stupid enough
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 07:55 AM
Apr 2020

...to drink/inject the stuff on his word alone.

And then, of course, their survivors would sue the manufacturers for "not warning" them.

(Also, while the prospect of trumpkins eliminating themselves en masse gives me a warm cozy feeling in my tum-tum, I'm still having a hard enough time getting my hands on disinfectants as it is.)

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
6. The Lysol company is obviously a bunch of liberal pussies.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 08:06 AM
Apr 2020

No doubt being funded by George Soros to discredit our great President.

My family is off to Wal-Mart today to buy some syringes and a couple of gallons of Clorox bleach. No one in this family is getting COVID!

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
22. It would probably work. The person would be dead, but the bleach would probably kill the virus
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 09:19 AM
Apr 2020

A win/win for the undertaker.

Hugin

(33,189 posts)
8. The media is still handling the f@#%$# moron with kid gloves...
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 08:12 AM
Apr 2020

Take this for instance...

"President Donald Trump curiously suggested..."

1) Was added at the recent request of the current acting Press Secretary among others.

2) Curiously? CURIOUSLY? Oh, come on! The man is a F@#$#@@@ MORON! Come out and say it. Even mentioning such an insane idea as somehow ingesting cleaning products by someone of his stature in a nationally televised press briefing is criminally irresponsible at the very least. START.CALLING.HIM.ON.IT! Or, you're no better than he is. People will die! Is that what you want?

Nay

(12,051 posts)
25. And the doctors too! Every doc at the presser should have jumped up, taken the microphone away
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 09:39 AM
Apr 2020

from him, and told the audience to NEVER inject or drink any kind of cleaning fluid. That it would make them ill or dead. And then they should have turned their faces to Trump and said, "Stop that nonsense! Right now!"

Nay

(12,051 posts)
33. BUT SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. This is the problem. The EXPERTS won't even try to
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 10:55 AM
Apr 2020

stop this madness, not even the doctors, who, FFS, make great money and can afford to be retired/fired/etc. in order to uphold science and reason in the face of this madness. Why are they all so cowardly when faced with a starkly clear moral choice?

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
36. I agree. Looked like she was thinking in career terms.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 10:58 AM
Apr 2020

"Which is worse - speak up and get fired, or stay silent and destroy my reputation?"

Clearly she chose the latter.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
41. If she stood up and got fired, the world would give her a medal. And as a doctor, she'll never be
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 11:22 AM
Apr 2020

out of a job. This is why I can't understand all this. If anyone can stand up, it would be high earners like her who will never be out of a job.

Hotler

(11,443 posts)
44. I agree. She did nothing. She is part of the problem. Same school of learning as Ben Carson?? nt
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:14 PM
Apr 2020

Aussie105

(5,420 posts)
11. Surely it is illegal
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 08:26 AM
Apr 2020

to encourage others to take an action that will harm them?

Legal term for this? 'Malice aforethought' might apply.

Honestly Trump, STFU!!!!!!!

But before you do, admit you see your chances of a second term slipping away, admit the country is in need of leadership you can't muster, and admit you are desperate!

Hotler

(11,443 posts)
45. Remember the girl that was convicted for encouraging her friend to go through with their sucide.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:17 PM
Apr 2020

She kept texting them to do it.....

benfranklin1776

(6,449 posts)
17. Somewhere Orwell is laughing...or crying.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 08:42 AM
Apr 2020

In 1939 he wrote, "We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

And so it has come to pass.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
18. Next up: laetrile
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 08:46 AM
Apr 2020

I think the president did not do well in biology if he thinks drinking Lysol is going to cure a lung disease.

bucolic_frolic

(43,258 posts)
23. Consumer Affairs departments prob be deluged with inquiries seeking the safe injectable this week
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 09:22 AM
Apr 2020

Trump is insane!

malthaussen

(17,216 posts)
31. Yep, I bet Lysol would "do a tremendous number on the lungs."
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 10:47 AM
Apr 2020

Okay, maybe it's in bad taste, but the fewer yahoos we have who think stuff like this is a good idea, the better.

-- Mal

Lock him up.

(6,939 posts)
46. Nope. The Brave who owns the Land is absent...
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 04:07 PM
Apr 2020

... or dead of SARS-Cov-2 ?!?

What a National embarassment! I mean, throw him in a padded cell and take his phone away. How hard is that??????????

Turbineguy

(37,364 posts)
40. Pffft yeah sure.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 11:09 AM
Apr 2020

WTF do they know? I get my medical advice from Magat the Lysol Guzzler. He also suggests selling your organs and donating the money to the trump campaign.

Talitha

(6,611 posts)
42. Which networks/channels broadcast his COVID-19 rallies? Hopefully FOX does.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 11:39 AM
Apr 2020

"Hey Bubba, don't Bogart the Lysol!"

jeffreyi

(1,943 posts)
47. I had an epiphany while in the auto parts store today...
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 04:28 PM
Apr 2020

Why waste perfectly good Kool-aid when mixing up your injectable or ingestable virus exterminating disinfectant brew? Just use automotive antifreeze! It tastes good (sweet), it comes in attractive colors, and it's sure to be death for all viruses.

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
48. It doesn't taste good anymore
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 12:05 AM
Apr 2020

The companies that make ethylene glycol, the active (and lethal) ingredient in antifreeze, put Bitrex in all the glycol they sell to antifreeze companies.

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