Reports of drinking bleach to prevent COVID-19 skewed by problematic claims
Researchers in the United States have conducted studies suggesting that reports of people ingesting household cleaning agents as a way of protecting against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are skewed by problematic responses to surveys.
A series of studies analyzing almost 1,400 survey participants showed that 80 to 90% of the claims regarding ingestion of household cleaners are made by problematic respondents.
Jonathan Robinson from Prime Research Solutions in Queens, New York and colleagues from Columbia University and Marymount Manhattan College say these respondents also make implausible claims about eating concrete for its iron content and recently having had a fatal heart attack.