Coronavirus: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment

[zebo-the-fat]

Not sure if this should be posted here or in politics!

Coronavirus: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment


US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body.
He also appeared to propose irradiating patients' bodies with UV light, an idea dismissed by a doctor at the briefing.
Another of his officials had moments earlier said sunlight and disinfectant were known to kill the infection.
Disinfectants are hazardous substances and can be poisonous if ingested.
Even external exposure can be dangerous to the skin, eyes and respiratory system.

Pointing to his head, Mr Trump went on: "I'm not a doctor. But I'm, like, a person that has a good you-know-what."  (So he's just like a person with a good you-know-what... wtf does that actually mean?)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52407177


How many people will be made ill or killed when they inject disinfectant?
UV light can kill the virus, but is it UV-A, UV-B or UV-C?   UV will not affect the virus in the blood or lungs, but may cause burns and/or skin cancer  

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"you-know-what" is usually a euphemism for the naughty bits.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Wait...you can disinfect a park bench with UV light or bleach, but you can't do the same to a human being?

Science just sucks.

Boru

[The Valkyrie]

See my statement that Trumpy should inject bleach into his brain.

On the bright side, a number of his followers might actually do what he suggests.

Darwin awards for all.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"Paging Dr. Mengele, please report to the White House."

[zebo-the-fat]

I can't help wondering if Trump can tie his own shoes without help

[arewethereyet]

I can't help wondering if Trump can tie his own shoes without help

Maybe they are Velcro™.

[The Valkyrie]

Laugh or cringe at his statements, we'll all be feeling really silly next week when he tells us he didn't say that!

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

This just in from the Trump Epidemiology Foundation: 'It has recently been determined that the coronavirus can be successfully killed by boiling yourself for 2-3 hours (30 minutes if you can fit yourself into a pressure cooker).  What have you got to lose?'

Boru

[arewethereyet]

Here's another article.  At least the medical community is more vocal than they were regarding the unknown results of using malaria treatments for COVID19.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...spartanntp

The difference with this is that most people have bleach at home.  This is easy to get your hands on.

The doctors likened Trump’s comments on disinfectants to his past remarks about chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, anti-viral drugs that are used to treat malaria and are being tested to determine whether they might assist in treating covid-19. One recent study found the drugs were linked to higher death rates in coronavirus patients, The Post reported, and other clinical trials are still underway. But Trump had touted the drugs as a “game changer” before evidence from early trials had come back, encouraging people to get prescriptions and try the medicines.
But Trump’s Thursday comments have the potential to cause even greater harm, Kass said to The Post.
“The difference between this and the chloroquine is that somebody could go right away to their pantry and start swallowing bleach. They could go to their medicine cabinet and swallow isopropyl alcohol,” Kass said. “A lot of people have that in their homes. There’s an immediate opportunity to react.”