Trump- Injecting Misinformation
With the White House Press Conference that took place on April 23, 2020, Donald Trumps' speech shocked many Politicians and Americans by encouraging the use of injecting disinfectants into the body as a solution/cure to COVID 19. Trump’s statement was inaccurately based off mentions by top health advisors’ studies regarding how bleach fights Covid. One speaker in particular- William Bryan (undersecretary for science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security) presented the idea of using disinfectants which Trump in turn declared on national television how health officials should study the injection of bleach and using disinfectants to treat COVID-19 in patients. Trump discusses (without accurate knowledge/information) how the disinfectant should somehow be injected into the body. This brought about a scandal regarding the Presidents mental/moral capabilities as well as the CDC’s competency in solving the crisis. This sewed seeds of doubt among Americans as this informati...