Man Who Died Ingesting Fish Tank Cleaner Remembered as Intelligent, Levelheaded Engineer

The Washington Free Beacon ^ | 4/24/2020 | Alana Goodman

[TChad]

In death, he has become famous as a cautionary tale about the risks of mindlessly following the armchair medical advice President Donald Trump has dispensed from the White House podium.

But friends of 68-year-old Gary Lenius, the Arizona man who passed away last month from drinking a fish tank cleaner that contained an ingredient, chloroquine phosphate, that Trump had touted as a potential coronavirus cure, say they are still struggling to understand what drove an engineer with an extensive science background to do something so wildly out of character.

[MOMinTN]

An engineer? My late Daddy always said some people are educated above their level of intelligence. I only have an AAS in paralegal studies/criminal justice and I know better than to drink fish tank cleaner. Or his looney wife murdered him.

[TChad]

Idiot or killed.

The latter sounds more reasonable.

Of course. Why don't more posters here see that? I have no idea if she could be convicted, but she is one hell of a suspect.

[wally_bert]

Lot of those relationships.

[Richard Kimball]

Apparently the state is investigating the death as suspicious and I would add very fishy.

ICWYDT

[Phil DiBasquette]

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarium!

[pfflier]

mindlessly following the armchair medical advice President Donald Trump has dispensed from the White House podium.

Anybody else read past that?

[TChad]

Anybody else read past that?

Give it a try. The author refutes those words.

[VideoDoctor]

Intelligent, Levelheaded Engineer Receives Darwin Award!

[immadashell]

It’s time to ban fish tank cleaner!

[jughandle]

Killed himself so his wife could blame and sue Trump..? And when that fails be showered with cash and fake sympathy from Trump haters?

[TChad]

the agenda driven author of the piece is quite suspect.

Please read beyond the opening sentences. The author casts serious doubts on the notion that he drank the chloroquine intentionally.

[kiryandil]

The actual anti-malarial medicines are “chloroquine diphosphate” and “hydroxychloroquine sulfate”.

[TChad]

Killed himself so his wife could blame and sue Trump..?

Please, please, please read the article. If you are still convinced that he killed himself after reading the article, get back to me.

[sauropod]

An engineer who is worth his salt would do due diligence and do the research.

[2CAVTrooper]

His wife poisoned him to:

A.) Collect a life insurance policy

B.) Blame President Trump

[Nifster]

Yeah right

I still think they ought to see if the wife managed to inherit a lot of money

[sauropod]

You both can go entertain yourselves.

Speaking as an engineer for my entire career.

[Texas Eagle]

Et tu, Free Beacon?

[JudgemAll]

Yes because trump said to take fish tank cleaner

[Texas Eagle]

You’re supposed to take a Tide Pod first.