Trump Ponders Whether Light Or Disinfectant Injections Can 'Cure' Coronavirus

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US President Donald Trump suggested injecting people with disinfectant or light to fight off COVID-19 after a Department of Homeland Security official presented studies showing that ultraviolet rays may be effective at killing the virus on surfaces and in the air.

After senior DHS official Bill Bryan said that experiments have shown the novel coronavirus does not survive well in sunlight, warm temperatures or humidity, Trump began proposing his own solutions at the coronavirus task force update on Thursday.

Suppose that we hit the body with tremendous, whether its ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that it hasnt been checked and youre going to test it, Trump said. Suppose you can bring the light inside the body.

Then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in one minute, Trump continued. Is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning? It would be interesting to check that.

Dr. Trump on curing #coronavirus: Suppose if we hit the body with a tremendous light whether its ultraviolet or just a powerful light...[or] brought the light inside the body...the disinfectant [also] knocks it out, [so perhaps we could] inject it inside.pic.twitter.com/2rtQdri7sC

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Dr. Trump on curing #coronavirus : Suppose if we hit the body with a tremendous light whether its ultraviolet or just a powerful light...[or] brought the light inside the body...the disinfectant [also] knocks it out, [so perhaps we could] inject it inside.pic.twitter.com/2rtQdri7sC
Louis Fishman (@Istanbultelaviv) April 24, 2020

Bryan, who is the senior official performing the duties of the undersecretary for science and technology for DHS, gave a presentation during the press conference on experiments testing how solar light affects the coronavirus on surfaces and in the air. Higher temperatures and humidity may kill the virus more quickly, Bryan claimed.

He warned, however, that it would be irresponsible for us to say that we feel that the summer is going to totally kill the virus. ... Thats not the case.

Bryan added that these new observations about the virus interactions with light should not take away from the coronavirus guidance set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Other health officials on the coronavirus task force were wary of Trumps suggestions about using light to kill the virus.