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Greg Evans
Apr 24, 2020
By now, you would think that we had heard the worst of Trump's nonsensical ramblings but he may have just produced the single most idiotic and dangerous thing he has ever uttered.
During Thursday's White House coronavirus task force press briefing, the president said that William Bryan, an acting homeland security official, had told him that being subjected to sunlight had warm conditions had caused the virus to die off in some patients, while studies had shown that bleach and isopropyl alcohol could also eradicate the illness.
Seeking to learn more Trump asked Bryan, during the briefing, if prolonged exposure to UV lights and injecting bleach into a person could actually cure Covid-19 altogether. This is what the president actually said:
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.
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. As you see it gets in the lungs, and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it would be interesting to check that.
We aren't going to go into details as to why this is completely ridiculous and a borderline negligent thing to say as it should be pretty obvious that injecting disinfectant into somebody isn't a good idea.
Here is an actual scientist reacting to this nonsense.
Watch a scientist react to Trump’s remarks about using light to fight coronavirus. https://t.co/9cmv0oCGir— Brianna Wu (@Brianna Wu) 1587685082
Here is Dr Deborah Birx, who is actually part of the coronavirus task force, looking actually mortified as the president said this.
This is real time video of Trump killing a human being’s soul. https://t.co/wCcMBHaesw— ken olin (@ken olin) 1587694527
And the Curb Your Enthusiasm remix.
I absolutely had to https://t.co/KRDUhykBvX— Keith Edwards (@Keith Edwards) 1587693450
Soon enough 'Dettol' and 'Cillit Bang' was trending on Twitter and mockery of Trump reigned supreme.
"Wash thirteen times a day in Domestos, dry yourself on a sunbed each time for two hours, then inject a quart of De… https://t.co/xRb84GOuVM— HappyToast ★ (@HappyToast ★) 1587707522
yeah sure inject yourself with a bottle of dettol, fuck it. i will never, in my entire life, get over this odious… https://t.co/bSE6wk0Zvq— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@Hannah Jane Parkinson) 1587707382
Dettol, guaranteed to kill 99.9% of all Trumps https://t.co/DXJPEYhpGa— peter (@peter) 1587687388
“HAVE YOU INJECTED YOUR DETTOL TODAY?” https://t.co/mWEXSv83Lq— Sorcha Ní Nia (@Sorcha Ní Nia) 1587713060
Just inject your lungs with f*cking Dettol. You'll be fine. https://t.co/KaezVJpLaM— Brexitshambles (@Brexitshambles) 1587682622
I hear Cillit Bang have a new advert. It's so much better than Dettol and Domestos. https://t.co/dOACQykZ89— Si (@Si) 1587713391
[thinks there can't be anything dumber than eating tide pods] President: We should inject ourselves with disinfect… https://t.co/OxPAmmV2g2— James Felton (@James Felton) 1587682438
we're like six days away from the President of the United States announcing that pee is stored inside the balls https://t.co/sSeq4a4KJm— David M Willis! (@David M Willis!) 1587689657
It wasn’t a ‘political decision’ but the PM has pledged to cooperate with the guy promoting bleach injections.— James Oh Brien (@James Oh Brien) 1587710064
Clinical trials begin on Trump's "internal sunlight and bleach injection" cure. https://t.co/6eXd5lEjPt— Mark Kermode (@Mark Kermode) 1587714365
“DRINK BLEACH!” https://t.co/NLf0EhtUoA— mnrrntt (@mnrrntt) 1587712708
Windex martini as a treat— David Jenkins (@David Jenkins) 1587715433
Imbleachment trial to start soon. https://t.co/KLuTm0EYO9— Gary Lineker 💙 (@Gary Lineker 💙) 1587715410
#Disinfectant? In the lungs? https://t.co/q1BPFqXRPc— Isiah Whitlock Jr. (@Isiah Whitlock Jr.) 1587716385
Maybe Toilet Duck would be a more sensible solution?
Just injected a load of Toilet Duck directly in to my eye and I can't see lol but I definitely DO NOT have COVID-1… https://t.co/YX3I0K1D6i— Sooz Kempner (@Sooz Kempner) 1587712554
Oh no not Toilet Duck again... https://t.co/97QUm8Ym4C— Fr Dougal McGuire (@Fr Dougal McGuire) 1587706926
Current trends include Dettol, Zoflora, Toilet Duck and Dr Trump, in case you were wondering if the world was still… https://t.co/DAtKAxyE1G— Jo Latham (@Jo Latham) 1587710518
Of course, there are Simpsons memes. There are always Simpsons memes.
https://t.co/7DIPP7KEYR— Dave Itzkoff (@Dave Itzkoff) 1587685106
https://t.co/CiiEQipUaH— Jake Tapper (@Jake Tapper) 1587693410
We're pretty sure that Rik Mayall tried this out on Bottom years ago...
Maybe doctors and nurses will actually give this a go.
Am I doing it right @realDonaldTrump? https://t.co/b3xkEOyv53— Russell (@Russell) 1587712664
It's gotten to the point where people don't actually have to mention his name anymore and you'll know exactly who they are talking about.
He's just so stupid. He's so breathtakingly stupid that the above statement is all it takes for every person readi… https://t.co/aOEtt4XXPY— Kumail Nanjiani (@Kumail Nanjiani) 1587689441
At the time of writing, coronavirus is reported to have killed more than 40,000 people in the United States alone and Trump is still trying to come up with nonsensical solutions to this problem which don't involve giving out proper PPE to healthcare workers. Weird flex and definitely not ok.
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