Column: Why did Trump push disinfectant as a cure for the coronavirus? He listens to quacks By ROBIN ABCARIANCOLUMNIST APRIL 28, 2020 2:30 PM It was one of those jaw-dropping moments we’ve come to expect from the president: “I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute,” Trump said last week during his daily news… Continue reading Column: Why did Trump push disinfectant as a cure for the coronavirus? He listens to quacks
False “bleach cures” have been touted for autism, cancer — and now Covid-19. By Melissa Eaton, Anne Borden King, Emma Dalmayne and Amanda Seigler The authors are mothers of autistic children who have been working to prevent medical misinformation. April 26, 2020 At a news conference on Thursday, President Trump surprised nearly everyone when he suggested using powerful cleaning agents,… Continue reading Trump Suggested ‘Injecting’ Disinfectant to Cure Coronavirus? We’re Not Surprised
Sunday, April 26, 2020 Autism, COVID-19, and Misinformation In The Politics of Autism, I discuss autism quackery. One particularly dangerous "cure" involves bleach. Lately, the quacks hawking a bleach solution have rebranded it as a cure for coronavirus. Some autism parents are fighting back.Melissa Eaton, Anne Borden King, Emma Dalmayne and Amanda Seigler write at The New York Times: For the past five years,… Continue reading Autism Policy Blog: Autism, COVID-19, and Misinformation
Parents are poisoning their children with bleach to 'cure' autism. These moms are trying to stop it. Autism has no medically known cause or cure, so parents increasingly turn to social media for answers.Doug Chayka / for NBC News “It’s like a cult,” Amanda Seigler, a mother of six in Florida, said of Facebook groups… Continue reading We made The 12 most read features on NBC News Digital in 2019
THE HANDIWORK OF NBC REPORTER BRANDY ZADROZNY NBC didn’t like the way this mother healed her child… So they collaborated with online trolls and an ex-husband who abandoned his autistic son to try to goad the local police into arresting her for poisoning her children. Thankfully, the police had the common sense to see through… Continue reading Brass Check TV (SMEAR PIECE): NBC Didn't Like the Way This Mother Healed Her Child So They Worked With Trolls to Attack Her
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