At a news conference where Drs reported results of a study that showed that light, heat, and disinfectants can kill the China virus Trump speculated on how it would be great if we could some how get those agents in the human body in order to kill the virus.
He said:
"Question that probably some of you are thinking of if you're totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So 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 you're going to test it," Trump said, looking over to Bryan.
"And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you're gonna test that, too. Sounds interesting, right?"
He continued: "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, or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets on the lungs and it does a tremendous number, so it will be interesting to check that. So that you're going to have to use medical doctors. But it sounds, it sounds interesting to me. So we'll see.
"But the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute, that's, that's pretty powerful."
He didn't say that people should inject bleach or alcohol into their bodies. The most biased against him interpretation is that he might have said medical professionals should investigate the possibility.
The reality is that Trump isn't a scientist and in his intense desire to help those suffering from the China virus he said what a lot of Americans would have said; if these factors kill the virus is there some way we can use them safely in the body to kill the virus?
That's not a stupid question. Now if doctors said no and Trump then said people should do that at home that would be wrong but contrary to the spin being applied by the #FakeNews media that's not what he said.
Yet here's a Washington Post headline which deliberately tries to make it seem that Trump was suggesting people do something that would hurt themselves.
Clearly the WaPo was hoping to repeat the Big Lie that Trump was responsible for the death of the man who ate fish tank cleaner because the cleaner contained a chemical that Trump said might work against COVID19. Of course the cleaner contained other chemicals that were toxic so even if Trump had said that people should try and take the drug without a doctor prescribing it--which he didn't-- the man's death would still be the man's, and only the man's, fault.
No lie is to egregious or fantastical for the #FakeNews media to tell if they think it will hurt Trump.
UPDATE: Here's a link to a site which discusses using UV light to kill bacteria and viruses in the lungs. So Trump's statement wasn't wrong at all. Now this may not be a magic cure but it's not just Trump whose asking what is really an obvious question; can we weaponize our new knowledge about the vulnerabilities of the China virus to help people.
Not asking that question is a sign of not caring. Condemning that question is a sign of hating Trump and not caring about Americans.
UPDATE: Here's a link to a site which discusses using UV light to kill bacteria and viruses in the lungs. So Trump's statement wasn't wrong at all. Now this may not be a magic cure but it's not just Trump whose asking what is really an obvious question; can we weaponize our new knowledge about the vulnerabilities of the China virus to help people.
Not asking that question is a sign of not caring. Condemning that question is a sign of hating Trump and not caring about Americans.
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