The Tudors used to treat venereal diseases by injecting mercury into the ‘affected area’.
Mercury is, of course, poisonous and these days nobody with any sense would suggest treating a virus with a deadly poison…
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— The Mary Rose Museum
While on the subject, Dr. Fauci joked that he would want Brad Pitt to play him. And because there is good in this world:
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