US president suggested in daily briefing that injection of disinfectant could kill the virus and ‘clean’ the lungs.
Doctors and epidemiologists replied alertly in US President Donald Trump’s comments that injecting disinfectants and ultraviolet radiation may benefit coronavirus patients.
“Trump is absolutely wrong and irresponsible,” Dr Eugene Gu, whose laboratory is involved in coronavirus testing, wrote on Twitter, adding “Clorox, Tide Pods and Lysol will kill coronavirus. No question about it. But if you are infected then the coronavirus is inside your cells. If you use any of those disinfectants to kill the coronavirus in your own cells then you’ll die right along with the coronavirus.”
Trump was speaking at the daily press briefing at the White House, after a discussion on work by government researchers on the effect of heat and sunlight on the coronavirus,
He first mused on whether light could be brought inside the body before moving onto the subject of disinfectant.
If it could “knock out the virus in a minute, one minute” Trump pondered, “Is there a way we can do something like that by injection, inside, or almost a cleaning? It would be interesting to check that.”
Mr. #Trump, chlorine disinfectants are poison. I know chemistry isn't your strong suit. Or biology. Or physics. Or reality. UV light kills viruses, but shined on human cells in the way you seem to say causes mutations. Barron, at 14, has likely had a science class & can explain. https://t.co/rfR8WQpvNp
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 24, 2020
This 👇🏼 – injecting lethal carcinogens into lungs – as Rx suggestion from US leadership – clinches the spot for most depressing thing today
— Rohan Khera, MD MS (@rohan_khera) April 24, 2020
Could’ve been failed remdisivir RCT
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Only 21% sampled NYC residents being antibody +ve for #COVID19 in a city already overwhelmed by it pic.twitter.com/0nbeA6P7Yo
