Drink Some Clorox!

Summary

The provided web content discusses the controversial and dangerous suggestions made by former U.S. President Donald Trump during a White House briefing, where he pondered the use of disinfectants like bleach and UV light as potential treatments for COVID-19.

Abstract

The article captures the disbelief and alarm over President Trump's musings on unconventional and hazardous COVID-19 treatments, including the injection of disinfectants and the internal application of UV light. The piece underscores the absurdity and potential harm of such suggestions, especially as the U.S. approached a grim milestone of 50,000 deaths due to the virus. It highlights the president's public speculation about these unscientific methods, despite the presence of health experts who were unable to correct him. The article also reflects on the reaction of the scientific community and the broader implications of spreading misinformation during a public health crisis.

Opinions

The author expresses incredulity at President Trump's suggestions, initially doubting the veracity of the statements.
There is a clear tone of criticism towards the president for promoting unverified and potentially life-threatening "treatments" for COVID-19.
The article conveys concern about the impact of the president's words on the public, given the platform from which they were spoken.
It implies that the president's behavior is not only unscientific but also undermines the credibility of actual medical experts.
The author uses sarcasm and humor, such as referencing "Clorox cocktails" and "UV suppositories," to underscore the absurdity of the president's comments.
The piece suggests that the president's later claim of being sarcastic is an insufficient and inadequate justification for his irresponsible remarks.

Drink Some Clorox!

Clorox Cocktails? UV Suppositories?

To be honest, my first reaction was, this cannot possibly be true, right? The president of the United States was not, in fact, suggesting injecting some unknown disinfectant like bleach into the human body? Surely, our timeline had not descended that far into madness and parody?

But, as you know, here we are. On the day before we hit the grim milestone of 50,000 U.S. deaths, the president of the United States mused from the podium of the White House about the magical curing powers of UV rays inside the body. During his briefing Thursday, he brought in “a top administration scientist to back up his assertions and eagerly theorizing — dangerously, in the view of some experts — about the powers of sunlight, ultraviolet light and household disinfectants to kill the coronavirus.

“So, 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,” Trump said at one point. “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 he waxed enthusiastic about the possibilities of disinfectants.

“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?” he asked. “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.”

I mean what are we talking about here. Suppositories that glow in the dark?

Clorox cocktails? Maybe eating Tide pods wasn’t so crazy after all?

Imagine, for a moment, being an actual scientist having to listen to this, knowing that you can’t just stand up and tell the drunk at the end of the bar to STFU.

Funny or Die

Drink Some Clorox!

Trump later told the press pool, “I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen.”

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