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On Thursday, President Trump asked Bill Bryan and Dr. Deborah Birks whether it was possible to inject disinfectants as a possible cure to the coronavirus.
“And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And 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 would be interesting to check that. So, that, you’re going to have to use medical doctors with. But it sounds, it sounds interesting to me.”
He also asked Dr. Deborah Birks whether it was possible to ask doctors whether light and head may be used to help treat the virus.
“Not as a treatment," she said. "Certainly fever is a good thing, when you have a fever, it helps your body respond. But I have not seen heat or light…"
"I think it's a great thing to look at," Trump responded.
“And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And 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 would be interesting to check that. So, that, you’re going to have to use medical doctors with. But it sounds, it sounds interesting to me.”
He also asked Dr. Deborah Birks whether it was possible to ask doctors whether light and head may be used to help treat the virus.
“Not as a treatment," she said. "Certainly fever is a good thing, when you have a fever, it helps your body respond. But I have not seen heat or light…"
"I think it's a great thing to look at," Trump responded.
He insisted on Friday while pressed by a reporter that his comments were sarcastic.
“I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters just like you, just to see what would happen," Trump said on Friday during a bill signing for the coronavirus aid package. "I was asking a sarcastic and a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. But it does kill it and it would kill it on the hands, and it would make things much better."