Death by injection?

This cockwomble of a president never fails to amaze me with his unorthodox yet masterful grasp of modern science and medicine. Two days ago, Donald Trump laid the foundation for a new line of research into medical science, which left his aides scrambling for damage control. Be amazed, as I'm impressed, with his elephantine proposal:

"Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked but you’re going to test it. Supposing you brought the light inside of the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you’re going to test that too. Sounds interesting. And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute! And is there a way we can do something, by an injection inside or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that. So, that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me.”

In an immediate response, medical experts warned against Trump's suggestion of ingesting disinfectant, which was without any basis and should not be followed. Even the US Food and Drug Administration warned against it: "I certainly wouldn't recommend the internal ingestion of a disinfectant," said US FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, who is also a member of the White House coronavirus task force.

The manufacturer of Lysol and Dettol, two disinfectants that commonly use bleach for cleaning household surfaces, echoed the caution: "As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route)," Reckitt Benckiser said in a statement. "As with all products, our disinfectant and hygiene products should only be used as intended and in line with usage guidelines. Please read the label and safety information."



Oh yes, Trump has now also claimed that he did not see the study which revealed that hydroxychloroquine, the unproven drug he was touting, could be deadly. Hadn't he been threatening retaliation if India did not sell this drug to him?