Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said he was “disturbed” to hear that grocery stores are not making a greater effort to get all employees tested for Covid-19 and warned that he will “crack down” on them if they fail to get all their workers tested by May 11
Fact check: Trump lies that he was being "sarcastic" when he talked about injecting disinfectantPresident Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House on April 23. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Imageshe was being"sarcastic" when he asked medical experts on Thursday to look into the possibility of injecting disinfectant as a treatment for the coronavirus.
A reporter noted that he had asked his medical experts to look into it. Trump responded:"No, no, no, no — to look into whether or not sun and disinfectant on the hands, but whether or not sun can help us."Trump was not being"sarcastic" on Thursday when he raised the possibility of injecting disinfectant. There was simply no indication that he was being anything less than serious.
Trump first spoke about the possibility of using light as a treatment for people who already have the coronavirus, musing that a"very powerful light" could be used to"hit the body" or be brought"inside the body...either through the skin or in some other way."Bryan said he would"get to the right folks" who could do testing. Trump then began his comments about disinfectant, which he concluded by saying"it sounds interesting to me.
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