Why do people have to be warned not to drink or otherwise ingest Covid test kit liquid stuff???

[thewayne]

*sigh*

Apparently enough people - and CHILDREN! - have drank the solution, used it as eye drops, dribbled it onto their tongues, or put it onto the swab before swabbing their nostrils that it makes them sick to varying levels that the government now has to step in and warn them to NOT DO STUPID SHIT.

Warning: do not drink chemicals not meant to be drinked.
Warning: do not squirt chemicals into your eyes that are not eye drops or otherwise your eye doc tells you to do.
Warning: don't rub chemicals onto your skin that are used to test for diseases.

Doing these things might make you sick and shows that you might not be very smart. Have you considered moving to Florida, or do you already live there?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/the-fda-would-like-you-to-not-put-covid-19-test-solution-in-your-eyes-nose/

Comments

Re: A green frowny-face, with the Poison Control Hotline number.

[thewayne]

Wow!  Zero memory of that one!

Re: A green frowny-face, with the Poison Control Hotline number.

[murakozi]

I remember the tv commercials that aired after school during the 70s with the song about how Mister Yuck is mean, Mister Yuck is green. I do recall people putting the stickers on phones, too.

And thanks to the interwebs, there's a version of it on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLsONa3gKIQ