Poison Control Centers Are Now Seeing More Calls Than Ever Following Trump's Comments

The harmful effects of his own misinformation campaign are undeniably being felt around the country.

could stave off coronavirus infections, states are reporting unusually high numbers of calls to poison control centers.

, New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said that its poison control center logged 30 cases of individuals injecting common disinfectants last week, compared to only 13 cases in the same 18-hour time frame last year. According to department spokesperson Pedro F. Frisneda, nine of the individuals in question had been exposed to Lysol, 10 cases were bleach-specific and the rest were all related to “exposures to other household cleaners.

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