Coronavirus: Doctors dismantle Trump's treatment comments - BBC News

On Thursday, during the White House coronavirus taskforce briefing, President Donald Trump attracted widespread criticism after he suggested research into whether Covid-19 might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body.

He also appeared to propose irradiating patients' bodies with UV light, an idea dismissed by Dr Deborah Birx at the briefing.

On Friday, President Trump said his comments had been made "sarcastically".

However, doctors warned that some people might take the president's comments to heart. Speaking to the BBC, Dr Jonathan Spicer warned that "these products have corrosive properties that melt or destroy the lining of our innards."

[ngcdiane]

In the 1920's they did use full body external UV light in hospital with pneumonia as a family member had this treatment as we all know this helps the body produce more vitamin D which most of us are lacking.

[Mark-mlnv]

"it does a tremendous number on the lungs"...no shit Einstein

[dmax]

Trump has become the most famous, _world famous, _ *_"Village Idiot"_* of all time...

[whocares]

i doubt trump could get the cap off the disinfectant bottle, after all it is child proof...

[fkrbueh]

Never argue with a fool. Just get rid of him.

[kendallbald]

If his supporters believed the virus was all a hoax then they’d probably do or listen to what he says. It’s hard to believe that people still support him

[Kwippy]

It says something about the level of intelligence of some sections of the general public when experts have to brought forward to dismiss comments which are evidently stupid.

[Old-Space-Engineer]

He forgot one why not just remove the lungs and then you cured simple. LOL

[benben]

My understanding is that his sunbed is the cure but he's keeping it all to himself...

[Shortstack]

This man is honestly a danger to society. How is he in charge of a country? He’s not fit to take care of plants

[antonykaranja]

You still hear Americans say. Make America Great Again. 🤔💭

[neoplante]

you don't need doctors to say it was a stupid idea

[nonyabizness.original]

"Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light — and I think you said that hasn’t been checked but you’re going to test it.

And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you're going to test that, too. Sounds interesting.

I see 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’d be interesting to check that. So you’re going to have to use medical doctors, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see. But the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute, that’s pretty powerful."

"i'm not a doctor. i'm a person that has a very good (taps self in head) you-know-what."

 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, MD (master of dumb)

[roseyrach]

Why is YouTube not letting Dr Buttar do their interview and his websites not working? Are we not allowed FREE SPEECH anymore?

[PH]

Opening up debate for Chinese or any anti-American troll. Trump is doing a great job. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Andrew]

' Application of the skin is harming the body'

Mmm last time i used Dettol to sterilise a wound it did no harm to me.

[utubebroadcaster]

Smart guy says drink bleach and so his supporters must support this notion and exemplify Darwinism.

[pimisi]

Enough with this already! He was not being sarcastic. I’m not quite sure those folks claiming he was being sarcastic know the meaning of the word. Also, he was clearly proposing it to the experts and not speaking to the reporters like he claims.

[evesoto]

President being sarcastic at time like this ? F him

[WilliamMcAlpine]

Would a pandemic be a good time to be sarcastic?