You wrote “The spike in calls about possible poisonings is real, but it’s been happening all month, the unfortunate if predictable outcome of increased disinfectant use by people trying to keep their homes virus-free, and increased opportunities for kids, who would usually be at school, to have household accidents.”

This would be a great spot for a citation. Is there a call volume log to a poison hotline or something else to show the prolonged elevation to which you refer? My guess is there have been more calls in general during the pandemic AND that DT’s comments caused a larger jump. Which the NBC story seemed to indicate.