Georgia's planned reopening of businesses goes against every single principle laid out in the CDC guidelines. Coronavirus cases are still steadily rising in the state, with the peak not expected until June.
But instead of sticking to that reasonable explanation, and despite Bryan's caveat that"it would be irresponsible" to say"summer is going to totally kill the virus," Trump waded into speculation of the potential of powerful lights and disinfectants to clean the lungs."Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous whether it's ultraviolet or very powerful light. And I think you said that hasn't been checked, but you're going to test it.
He went on to ask Dr. Deborah Birx, response coordinator of the coronavirus task force if she's heard using"the heat and the light" to treat coronavirus.Trump boasted at one point:"It dies very quickly with the sun" and that"I think a lot of people are going to go outside all of a sudden."Congress Passes Latest Economic Relief Package to Confront Coronavirus
"I'm the president, and you are fake news," he said, adding what he's saying about heat and light is"just a suggestion. We're here to present ideas." People visit poppy fields near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve earlier this month in Lancaster, Calif.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
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