Trump floats treating coronavirus patients with light and disinfectants


At an unusually contentious briefing Thursday of the coronavirus task force, President Trump floated the idea that people infected with COVID-19 might be treated using injections of disinfectant and applications of ultraviolet light.

Trump brought up those theories in the context of a presentation by William Bryan, a scientist at the Department of Homeland Security, about research indicating that the virus can be killed on surfaces and in aerosols by heat, humidity, sunlight and disinfectants, specifically bleach and isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol. None of the medical experts at the briefing suggested that these were plausible treatments for people already infected.

"Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light. And I think you said that hasn't been checked, but we're going to test it,” Trump said. “And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, either through the skin or some other way."

As Bryan looked on uncomfortably, the president went on to speculate about the possibility of using disinfectants as a treatment.

“And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets in the lungs and does a tremendous number on the lungs,” Trump continued.

“It would be interesting to check that. That you're gonna have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me, so we’ll see."

Asked directly whether Trump’s suggestion that injecting bleach or using light to treat COVID-19 made sense, Bryan said his laboratory was not pursuing those ideas.

The temperatures Bryan’s laboratory had been researching in terms of their effect on coronavirus were in the range of 70 to 95 degrees. Normal body temperature is 98.6.


Trump, who has long held out hope that the virus would “disappear” as springtime temperatures began to rise in the U.S., touted Bryan’s findings as proof that he had been right all along. At the same time, the president said he had not read new studies that seemed to show that the drugs hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir, which he has championed despite a lack of clinical trials, were not effective in treating COVID-19.

Pressed by reporters on whether Bryan’s findings were enough to guarantee that it was safe to re-open the country in the coming weeks, Trump then dialed back expectations.

“I hope people enjoy the sun and if it has an impact that’s great,” Trump said. “I’m just hearing this, not really for the first time, there’s been a rumor that, a very nice rumor that you go outside in the sun or you have heat and that does have an affect on other viruses. But now we get it from one of the great laboratories in the world, I have to say.”

The president then returned to his theory that light and heat might be harnessed to treat patients sickened by the coronavirus.

“I would like you to speak to the medical doctors to see if there’s any way that you can apply light and heat to cure, you know? If you could, and maybe you can, maybe you can’t,” Trump said. “Again, I say, maybe you can, maybe you can’t. I’m not a doctor, but I’m like a person who has a good — you know what.”

Trump then turned to Dr. Deborah Birx, one of the leading scientific experts on the task force, and asked, “Have you ever heard of that?”

“Not as a treatment,” Birx responded. “I mean, certainly fever is a good thing. When you have a fever it helps your body respond.”

“I think it’s a great thing to look at,” Trump added.

When the Washington Post’s Phil Rucker then told Trump that people tuned into the briefings not to hear rumors, but to learn useful information, Trump responded, “I’m the president and you’re fake news.”

Dismayed physicians, however, took to Twitter during the briefing to warn patients off of using common cleaning products to ward off the coronavirus.


Sam Ghali, M.D.

✔@EM_RESUS


Hi, ER Doc here.

Do NOT inject or consume ANY disinfectants in an attempt to kill COVID19.


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For once I agree - and don't ingest fish tank cleaner

 

Ooh - please tell me what previous stories of mine you read?

 

I don't read mediocre novels. How many socks does this make? At least you're not pretending to be female anymore.

 

As I suspected: empty bullshit from a clown.

 

You're outing yourself to anyone who's been here awhile. You're using the same phrases, the same words, and the same writing style.

Last time I checked, socks were against the rules. But you always got a pass, clarise.

 

Complain to Stanley OG - have him check my IP address against hers - I believe a good techie can track it to the state, if not city of origin. I think I would have liked Clarise - apparently she was at least literate.

Think what you want: I don't care.

 

Tell you what. There are more studies happening right now. If they show hydroxychloroquine is safe and effective in treating COVID 19 I will come back here and admit it and apologize.

But if the VA study is proven out will you come back here and admit and apologize?

Is it a deal?

 

Apologize for what, exactly?

If it fleshes out the way you'd like it to, I wouldn't even admit I was wrong, because I have NEVER championed the drug. EVER. I have only disputed the irrational attacks on its testing, and refuted the lies Libtards have tried to promote about what exactly President Trump has actually said about it.

If you're a fan of Hitchcock, Hydroxychloroquine is just the MacGuffin here. If you don't know what that is, google it.

 

I just heard that! The clown asking if we can inject bleach into the body!

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.......and UV light is a potent carcinogen!

Thinskin

 

@latecomer91364

Hey what happened to "Deal"

That is what you post said a minute ago and now is ways this

Why did you chicken out?

 

Nice try, loser - did you read my reply? Obviously, you're so obsessed with me that you must have seen my initial response, before I thought "I don't have a fucking thing to apologize for."
I don't take bad deals

You, however, WOULD have things you should apologize for, but of course, you won't. Not ever. It's not in a Libtards DNA.

 

How do you even know who clarise is?

You're not fooling anyone with a proxy. In fact, it's just pathetic that you're trying so hard.

All these years you keep accusing me of having socks and such. It's projection. I'm RoM and I don't need to hide behind socks. I don't need to use multiple accounts to try to sway opinion. I don't pretend to be something I'm not.

At least that makes one of us.

 

OmG eVeRyOnE iS oBsEsSeD wItH mE

You're not that interesting, sorry. Neither were your stories; neither were your books.

You'd have to make a deal before you could figure out a bad one. What kind of loser uses the word "libtard"?


Oh, right. A right wing nutjob loser on a fucking porn forum. How ironic.

 

Yeah sure your initial thought was 8 minutes.

I am not going to play your stupid game Clarise I stopped doing that a long time ago. But you sure as fuck sunk yourself here.

Those are just obvious lies. And the same stupid assed lying games you have played since your first days on this forum.

And I was done with them six non-fucking socks ago.

 

You seem to be inordinately interested, Libtard.
Please do provide links to these 'stories' and 'books'.
Loser

 

I'm sorry , but what? Sunk what?

"I have NEVER championed the drug"
and
"refuted the lies Libtards"

What is that?

And obviously, you're not done with whatever obsession you have about this.

 

They were deleted upon your request, don't you remember?