The president said he 'can't imagine' people are ingesting disinfectant to treat COVID-19 because of his comments last week.
“I can’t imagine why,” Trump said Monday when a journalist noted a reported rise in the misuse of disinfectant since then.“No. I can’t imagine, I can’t imagine that,” Trump said before quickly moving on to another reporter’s question.have reported a spike in calls to poison control centers about exposure to disinfectant, forcing officials and the makers of cleaning products to issue warnings about ingesting such chemicals.
for issuing coronavirus tests, though it was scant on details about solving problems in the supply chain and other testing capacity issues. Despite state leaders calling for a federal-level effort at ramping up testing, the task force said states would be largely responsible for increasing access to tests. Under the plan presented Monday, all 50 states would receive enough tests from the federal government each month to screen 2% of their populations.What happens if we end
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