Did Trump suggest that people could inject themselves wit...
“Did Trump suggest that people could inject themselves with bleach to rid themselves of COVID?”
Summary
Trump asked experts whether disinfectants like bleach could be injected to treat COVID‑19, but he never told the public to inject bleach themselves. He later clarified that he was not recommending people do so.
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- Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing – The White House
And I can tell you that bleach will kill the virus in five minutes; isopropyl alcohol will kill the virus in 30 seconds, and that’s with no manipulation, no rubbing — just spraying it on and letting it go. You rub it and it goes away even faster.
- It’s been exactly one year since Trump suggested injecting bleach. We’ve never been the same. - POLITICO
One year ago today, President Donald Trump took to the White House briefing room and encouraged his top health officials to study the injection of bleach into the human body as a means of fighting Covid.
- Coronavirus: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment
US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body.
- Claim Trump told people to 'inject bleach' to cure COVID-19 recirculates online after Fauci's Senate hearing | Snopes.com
At no point in the media briefing did Trump recommend that people inject bleach or other disinfectants into their bodies. He merely asked experts whether disinfectants could be injected to tackle COVID-19; a stance he later rowed back on when ...
- Trump Didn't Tell People to 'Inject Bleach' for COVID-19. But Here's What He Did Say | Snopes.com
On April 23, 2020, Trump conducted an hourlong media briefing with members of the government's coronavirus task force (transcript). The then-president spoke several times throughout the conference, but just over 26 minutes in, he took over from the head of the science and technology directorate at the Department of Homeland Security, Bill Bryan, who had just been discussing the use of ultraviolet light and disinfectants — such as bleach and isopropyl alcohol — to kill the virus rapidly on nonporous surfaces.
- Trump Once Asked if Injecting Disinfectant Could Be a COVID-19 Treatment? | Snopes.com
However, the transcript of the briefing clarifies that while Trump's remarks were erroneous and confusing, he did not at any point instruct people to inject disinfectants or any other substances (including bleach) into their bodies.
- In Context: What Donald Trump said about disinfectant, sun and coronavirus – PolitiFact
Trump has since walked back those ... context. The briefing transcript shows that Trump did not say people should inject themselves with bleach or alcohol to treat the coronavirus....
- No, Trump didn’t tell Americans infected with the coronavirus to drink bleach
Trump did not explicitly recommend ingesting a disinfectant like bleach. But he did express interest in exploring whether disinfectants could be applied to the site of a coronavirus infection inside the body, such as the lungs. Responding to confusion over Trump’s comments, the maker of Lysol ...
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