More than 100 people called the state's Emergency Management Agency after President Donald Trump asked if disinfectant could treat COVID-19.
suggested disinfectant and light could potentially cure a disease that has killed more than 50,000 Americans.
“Suppose that we hit the body with tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that it hasn’t been checked and you’re going to test it,” Trump said at a press conference Thursday. “Suppose you can bring the light inside the body.” “Then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in one minute,” he 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.”by claiming his comments were “sarcastic,” even though he had made them in apparent earnestness to medical professionals.
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