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by Rachel Hartman

April 20, 2021HBR Staff
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Early in the summer of 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report on unsafe coronavirus prevention practices in the U.S. According to the report, 4% of the 502 respondents stated that they had drunk or gargled diluted bleach in the last month, 4% said the same about soapy water, and 4% said the same about household disinfectant. This quickly inspired a number of alarming headlines. (Reuters, for example, headlined one piece: “Gargling with bleach? Americans misusing disinfectants to prevent coronavirus.”)

Rachel Hartman is a Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on intergroup relations and political polarization.
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