One of the leaders of the vaccine movement in Austria, who said he was being treated for covid-19 with a chemical present in some bleach, has died from complications of the disease. reported world media.

Johan Biacic reportedly contracted the coronavirus in October when he announced he had begun "treatment" with chlorine dioxide, a substance that is part of most industrial bleaches and is falsely promoted as a curettage for covidium-19.

The American The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has repeatedly warned against buying, drinking or otherwise using products containing chlorine dioxide., because there is no evidence of its effectiveness in combating the virus. In addition, the chemical can cause serious health consequences and death, according to the FDA.

In a post on his personal website, Biaчi. claimed to have been completely cured using a preparation containing chlorine dioxide.

"I took chlorine dioxide and also did a high-dose chlorine dioxide enema," the statement said. "As it turned out later, I was successful in choosing Covid-19 with this. "The self-tests I took were all negative," he wrote at the time.

But the condition of 65-year-old Biaчиiч soon deteriorated significantly he was admitted to hospital in early November with low blood oxygen saturation and difficulty breathing. A positive PCR test was performed at the hospital, writes the German weekly De Zeit.

Biaчiч refused the treatment offered by the doctors, convinced that he had overcome the acute infection. After a while, he even decided to leave the hospital and called his son, who took him home.

Biaчиiч then ordered everything he needed to give himself chlorine dioxide infusions. But just two days later, he died. It is not clear if the use of the chemical contributed to his death.

According to the US FDA, consuming products containing chlorine dioxide can potentially be "life threatening"

"The use of these products can lead to serious side effects, including collapse of the respiratory system, changes in the electrical activity of the heart, dangerous low blood pressure caused by dehydration, acute collapse of the liver, low blood cell counts, severe vomiting and diarrhea " it is said in the official guidelines of the FDA.