Let's break down the basics.
cure, we thought there was a possibility people were taking his comments out of context for the sake of a joke. Turns out, we gave the man too much credit.
"I see the disinfectant that 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, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that." Though, it's not too difficult to understand where Trump would get such ideas. It's just that the only someone could land on such hypothesis is with a complete lack of understanding of the basics of what a virus even is.We are not, of course, a scientific outlet, but in the interest of hopefully preventing someone from loading up Lysol into a syringe and injecting themselves with a lemon-scented home remedy, let's break down the basics.
Your immune system does not, however, have ways to fight off bleach. Your body is much more complicated than your toilet seat. Disinfectants can kill the virus outside the body, but once inside they can also kill. Disinfectants simply don't know the difference between a virus and the cells vital to keeping you alive. That's why antiretroviral medications are often incredibly complicated and take years to develop.
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