A group of fringe Trump supporters has started promoting what the Food and Drug Administration describes as a "dangerous bleach" as a miracle cure for the coronavirus.

The Daily Beast's Will Sommer reports that Jordan Sather, a prominent proponent of the so-called "QAnon" conspiracy theory, recently told his followers to stock up on a liquid called the "Miracle Mineral Solution" that he claims will cure them if they become infected with the deadly virus that has spread from China to the United States.

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"I'm going to have to get home, and MMS the whole state," Sather told fans in a recent video. "MMS the whole shit out of everything."

"Chief Police 2," a top QAnon account with over 18,000 followers, similarly promoted a video that touted MMS as not only a cure for coronavirus, but also for HIV and autism.

In reality, writes Sommer, MMS is a potentially deadly concocting that becomes the bleaching agent chlorine dioxide when combined with citric acids typically found in lemon juice and lime juice.

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"In August, the FDA said it was 'not aware of any scientific evidence' that MMS has medical properties," Sommer reports. "In 2009, a woman who took MMS to avoid contracting malaria died almost immediately after swallowing it for the first time."

Read the whole report on bleach-drinking Trump supporters here.