Trump, who has used his daily White House briefings to float unproven treatment options in the past, at one point suggested the government should study bringing 'light inside the body' as a possible treatment.
that indicates sunlight and humidity can weaken the coronavirus – a finding that prompted the president to float the idea of treating patients with"light inside the body."
"Our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have on killing the virus, both on surfaces and in the air," said Bill Bryan, an undersecretary of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security.
The president jumped between offering caveats about the significance of the study to suggest – possibly in jest – that he might spend more time outdoors, such as in the Rose Garden, to receive additional exposure to sunlight as the pandemic continues.Early studies have differed on the impact environmental factors such as sunlight have on the virus, and the DHS report is not the first to suggest a link.
Bryan stressed that the findings were not so conclusive that Americans should abandon social distancing guidelines promoted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and enforced by state orders across the country. He said it would be"irresponsible for us to say that we feel that the summer is just going to totally kill the virus."just that during a campaign rally in New Hampshire.
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