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OKEECHOBEE While most of the Okeechobee County Commissioners urge the public to refer to the health information from the Centers for Disease Control, the Florida Department of Health or their own doctor, one commissioner uses the public commission meetings to share his own ideas about COVID-19.
At the March 20 meeting of the Okeechobee County Commissioners, Commissioner Bryant Culpepper referenced a program he said he saw on One American News Network about the coronavirus.
One of the things that was pointed out in this interview with one of the foremost doctors who has studied the coronavirus said that the nasal passages and the nasal membranes are the coolest part of the body. Thats why the virus tends to go there until it then becomes healthy enough to go into the lungs.
This sound really goofy, and it did to me too, but it works, he explained. Once the temperature reaches 136 degrees Fahrenheit, the virus falls apart, it disintegrates.
https://lakeokeechobeenews.com/government/okeechobee-county-commission-suggests-ways-to-combat-covid-19-virus/
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)jayschool2013
(2,312 posts)With all due respect to my former home, and the home of some of my family, I'm never going back.
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,068 posts)And he knows this how?
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Now that is freaky - LOL
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)The fellow ought to find an interesting experience....
Carry on, bro, say I.
coti
(4,612 posts)Inside the nasal passages. Ouch.
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)"I've got to stop asking people if they're really that stupid. they take it as a challenge."
MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,133 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)(I just couldn't post the other pics.)
Turbineguy
(37,342 posts)135 Degrees F was the point that you pulled back involuntarily. If something is below 135 you can keep your hand on it. 135 and up, you can't. It's handy to know for checking motors and bearings by touch.
135 is medium rare steak. I think you would damage the nose.
ProfessorGAC
(65,068 posts)...go to 136 degrees. Maybe 120?
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FM123
(10,053 posts)dalton99a
(81,515 posts)use the lowest setting
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)After 15 minutes, you're absolutely guaranteed not to get COVID-19.
Docreed2003
(16,862 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Too many people down there walking around with fried brains.
PSPS
(13,601 posts)Believe it or not, One American News Network (OAN) is loonier that fox by an order of magnitude. trump has actually threatened fox that he would "go to OAN" if they didn't toe his line better.
tavernier
(12,392 posts)probably for the same reason. So theoretically coffee and tea drinkers wont become ill. Hmmm... if thats true, this thing would never have taken off in China or England, not to mention Starbucks favorite country.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)There are ignorant reports of the same but it simply isn't true.
Zorro
(15,740 posts)I read that somewhere on the internet, Republicans.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)But repugs do it daily and have been for years.
MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)Yep, and so should putting an idiot in the White House - and yet they continually get away with both!
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Works almost as well us shoving a lit firecracker in your ear to clear away that pesky wax buildup!
KatyMan
(4,197 posts)If you do it in a bathtub!
IcyPeas
(21,887 posts)In case there was any doubt.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hair-dryer-coronavirus/
That said, copies of the video, or videos that repeat the false claim, remain live on the platform as of this writing. Many of the videos contain the logo of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), potentially giving the false impression that the information was sourced from the government agency on the front lines of battling the disease.
WhiskeyWulf
(569 posts)Last edited Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:12 PM - Edit history (1)
Also, bet y'all anything The Donald is trying this right now. He seems to like putting stuff up his nose.
coti
(4,612 posts)denem
(11,045 posts)wouldn't want any hurt feelings
Blue Owl
(50,408 posts)n/t
jls4561
(1,257 posts)Watched Bela Fleck's live concert Friday - now he's said he will do one every Friday. Yeah, but it wish it weren't on facebook.
Banjo music may not kill the virus but it sure does heal the soul.
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)If blowing the hot air from a hair dryer up your nose doesn't blow the virus out of your nose into your lungs (which could kill you) it will dry out the mucus inside of your alveolar passages (which WILL kill you).
Only do this if you're a Trump supporter.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)mucus membranes. And maybe their brains. NOW Ive heard everything.
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)I have a nasal mist and a saline gel I use.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)..where it posts answers/remarks to people's questions.
It ain't just here, by a long shot. Most of the questions aren't unreasonable, but some are out there. Doctors seem to answer some of the questions, occasionally getting a little bit snarky. ('If you try that, the virus won't be a problem for you, because you'll likely be dead.')
Drinking more alcohol is a favorite topic, perhaps written as they open another bottle of scotch in front of their disapproving partner: 'Alcohol kills the virus, so drinking more is good, right?'
Bathing in 57C/135F water.
Blow drying your body.
Smoking more.
Sitting in a sauna for hours
Consuming some unusual potions. ('Why would you want to do that? It will taste horrible and it won't help you at all.')
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)By inserting a rubber hose. It was apparently a thing in the 70s and I think it was on tv for while.
smb
(3,471 posts)...i.e. he can shove a habanero-basted pineapple up his ass.