Some of the smartest, hardest-working people on the planet are working to defeat a global pandemic. We are indebted to the medical professionals who serve as the first line of defense against this disease.
Then there are people who wear suits for a living and hopped on WebMD 10 minutes before voicing their opinions to the public. This rarely goes well, especially in the state of Florida.
Take Okeechobee County Commissioner Bryant Culpepper, who at an emergency meeting claimed the antidote to a virus the world has never seen before is a fucking blow dryer.
Okeechobee County Commissioner Bryant Culpepper at emergency meeting says you can kill coronavirus by holding a blow dryer up to your nose after he saw it on “reliable source” OANN, warns “there’s a lot of baloney out there on social media” #BecauseFlorida pic.twitter.com/n9dGDBQ4WW
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) March 22, 2020
“One of the things that was pointed out with one of the foremost doctors that has studied the coronavirus says that the nasal passages and nasal membranes are the coolest part of the body. That’s why the virus tends to go there, until it then becomes healthy enough to go into the lungs.
This sounds really goofy, and it did to me too, but it works.
Once the temperature reaches 136 degrees Fahrenheit, the virus falls apart and disintegrates.
And I said, ‘How do you get the temperature up to 132 degrees?’
The answer was you use a blow dryer because it’s capable of doing that. So you hold a blow dryer in front of your face and you inhale with your nose and it kills all the virus within your nose.”
Bryant Culpepper, County Commissioner & dumbest asshole in Florida, says you can kill corona virus by holding a blow dryer to your nose, during an emergency council meeting 🤦🏼♂️ pic.twitter.com/gZYvG5wXuh
— Maseanlepoisson (@Maseanlepoisso1) March 22, 2020
You can’t spell coronavirus without c-o-n-a-i-r.
Faheem Younus, who specializes in infectious diseases at the University of Maryland, debunked this nonsense.
The World Health Organization alsoc called bullshit, saying the coronavirus can still be transmitted in hot and humid climates.
After being called complimentary things like “special kind of stupid” and “dumb as a fucking rock,” Culpepper apologized for his home hack via his Facebook page.
Heart softened. You’re forgiven.