Conavirus......

[Rogar]

Social media and the mainstream media then went crazy alleging he was suggesting people should inject bleach or other cleaning products into their bodies. Now, several years later, that's what most people remember, including yourself it appears.

Trump touted hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, as possible treatments. They are antimalarial drugs with absolutely no medical evidence they would work, plus serious side effects. Remdesivir was part of his treatment and I know people who asked for it. He also tried Regeneron's monoclonal antibodies. I don't think anyone took the suggestion to inject disinfectant seriously, but it showed his lack of any scientific knowledge and an idiot for even suggesting it. It was overplayed by the media. But as you say, it's interesting that people only remember those things that support their political or cultural leanings, case and point.

I can vaguely recall actual physical altercations in hospitals where patients were on ventilators and dying and relatives were insisting upon some of these unproven and unsupported treatments, but refused the vaccine. I can't recall where the anti-vaccine movement started and what conspiracies were behind it, but RFK Jr. didn't help the issue. I also put the anti Fauci movement as conspiracy.

I do still see people wearing masks occasionally. Especially clerks in stores where there are a lot of people. I have friends with pre-existing conditions who still avoid crowded places like restaurants and big public events. I'm a little cautious about that myself. I had Covid last spring, which wasn't all that long ago. I probably picked it up while visiting a person in a long term care facility where it was going around.