His 'suggestion' came about after 'emerging' findings that humidity, ultraviolet rays and disinfectants killed the virus on surfaces faster.
Trump spent much of his Thursday White House briefing contradicting his health experts and bashing the media, particularly around his suggestion that scientists should investigate whether they could inject COVID-19 coronavirus patients with light or disinfectants as a treatment.science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security listens during the daily briefing of the coronavirus task force at the White House on April 23, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Trump began throwing out hypothetical ideas of"bringing the light inside the body" or using disinfectants"by injection inside or almost a cleaning," though Dr. Deborah Birx, one of the health experts on the task force, later said she had not heard of applying light or heat"as a treatment" for the coronavirus.Washington Post
countered by saying"you're the president" and people tuning in aren't"looking for rumor," to which Trump responded"I'm the president and you're fake news."that the U.S. needs to"ramp up not only the number of tests but the capacity to actually perform them," Trump said,"I don't agree with him."
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