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US President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that a way should be found to inject light and disinfectants into human bodies to kill the coronavirus.
Trump made his comments at his daily coronavirus task-force briefing at the White House after learning about the effects of sunlight and household disinfectants on Covid-19.
"Supposing you brought the light inside of the body, which you could do either through the skin or in some other way. The whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That's, uh, that's pretty powerful."
Trump was speaking after William Bryan, acting undersecretary for science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, discussed the impacts of solar light, bleach, and isopropyl alcohol on the virus on surfaces and in the air.
"Our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have on killing the virus both surfaces and in the air," Bryan said. "Bleach will kill the virus in five minutes. Isopropyl alcohol will kill the virus in 30 seconds. ... You rub it and it goes away faster."
The findings could bolster hopes that the coronavirus will mimic the behavior of other respiratory diseases like influenza, which typically are less contagious in warm weather.
But the coronavirus has also proven lethal in warm-weather places like Singapore, raising broader questions about the impact of environmental factors.
Trump then proposed that scientists could look at finding a way to "hit the body" with ultraviolet or "just very powerful" light and also see if they could inject the body with disinfectants to destroy the virus.
Trump asks if he can inject people with disinfectant to get rid of coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/UQEiNwPYrh"I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute," he said. "Is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets in the lungs, and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it'd be interesting to check that."
- Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) April 23, 2020
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