On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:26:51 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 4/29/20 12:19 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
Two people in Georgia drank liquid cleaning products over the weekend in
misguided attempts to ward off COVID-19, according to the Georgia Poison
Center. Both men had histories of psychiatric problems and are expected
to recover.

The poison center’s director, Gaylord Lopez, said he did not know if the
men guzzled the chemicals because they heard about President Donald
Trump’s statements during a Thursday White House briefing, when the
president wondered aloud if coronavirus could be treated by injecting a
disinfectant into the human body. Since the pandemic began, at least two
other Georgians have fallen ill from similar attempts to clean their
inner organs with household chemicals, even before Trump’s remarks.

Georgia has also seen a rise in cases of children ingesting chemicals
because their parents, distracted while working from home, left them
unattended around unsecured bottles of fluid and medicines, Lopez said.
Overall, poison calls have risen 9 percent this year.

https://is.gd/bBFVjP


How come their mental health care professionals failed them?


That the Georgians had "histories of psychiatric problems" doesn't mean
they had treatment or the sort of treatment they needed, especially if
they are indigent and in a Southern state.

Obviously Maryland falls into that category. The streets of Baltimore
and the DC suburbs are littered with bums who have mental problems and
who are not getting care, whether it is available and they won't go or
it is simply unavailable.