Don't try this at home. Reacting to a study - very preliminary - according to which the heat, the humidity and the rays of the sun would weaken the coronavirus, Donald Trump thought aloud, Thursday, on possible treatments based on UV and disinfectant. Doctors immediately alerted to the risks of poisoning, as has already happened with self-medication with chloroquine.
Doctor Trump: "Suppose we hit the body with UV or strong light (...) and suppose we bring the light inside the body through the skin (...) And there is the disinfectant ... could we do something with an injection? " #coronavirus # covid19 pic.twitter.com/aoGmtYNIMC
- Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) April 24, 2020A little context. During the daily briefing at the White House, a head of the Homeland Security department presented results - very preliminary to a study. According to the latter, the “half-life” of Covid-19 (the time required to halve its power) on surfaces and in the air is greatly reduced by the heat, humidity and UV of the sun. As for disinfectants, the study concludes that bleach kills the virus in five minutes and alcohol at 90 ° in thirty seconds.
"Suppose we bring light inside the body"
In the process, Donald Trump wonders at the microphone: "Suppose we hit the body with a large (quantity) of ultraviolet or just a very strong light. And then I said, suppose we bring the light inside the body, which we can do through the skin or in another way ... "The president asked the manager for details and continued:" And then I see the disinfectant that neutralizes it in a minute. Could we do something like that, with an injection inside or ... almost like a cleaning. Because you see, that (the virus) goes into the lungs… It would be interesting to test that. I would like you to ask medical doctors if there is a way to apply light or heat to neutralize the virus. "
A doctor, there is a seat a few meters away, Deborah Birx, who is part of the White House task force against the coronavirus with Anthony Fauci. Faced with the tirade of the American president, she seems lost in thought.
Here is Dr. Birx's reaction when President Trump asks his science advisor to study using UV light on the human body and injecting disinfectant to fight the coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/MVno5X7JMA
- Daniel Lewis (@ Daniel_Lewis3) April 24, 2020Donald Trump raises it again: "Deborah, have you ever heard of heat or light in the face of this virus? "Not like treatment," she hesitates. "Fever is good, it helps your body respond. The US president is moving on.
Horrified doctors
Several doctors have turned to Twitter to alert them to the risks of ingesting disinfectants. "Please don't drink bleach or 90% alcohol to get your saliva out of Covid-19," writes Dara Kass.
Please don't drink bleach or isopropyl alcohol to remove # COVID19 from your saliva.
Please.
"Please don't do this." Respectfully, all toxicologists, ”quips pharmacist Bryan Hayes.
Please don't do this.
Respectfully, all toxicologists.
Trump suggests 'injection' of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and 'clean' the lungs https://t.co/ECfFZxGWkc via @nbcnews
On NBC News, consultant Esther Choo is speechless: "The idea of ingesting what is a known toxin, disinfectants, alcohol at 90 ... This is something we always worry about with children or people trying to commit suicide. "The pulmonologist Vin Gupta goes further: according to him, the improvisation of the American president is" dangerous and irresponsible. The final word to Donald Trump: "Maybe we can, maybe we can't." I don't know, I'm not a doctor. "
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