United States President Donald Trump has suggested the use of disinfectants to clean up the lungs as part of measures to fight coronavirus.<\/p>\n
But experts were quick to challenge the suggestion, warning the dangers it poses to human health.<\/p>\n
Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Lysol and Dettol, als0 reacted to the claim, saying \u201cunder no circumstance\u201d should its products be administered into the human body.<\/p>\n
At the White House coronavirus briefing on Thursday, Trump also wondered whether exposing the body of coronavirus patients to sunlight could help in their care.<\/p>\n
\u201cSupposing we hit the body with a tremendous \u2014 whether it\u2019s ultraviolet or just very powerful light,\u201d the US president said.<\/p>\n
Trump further spoke about the possible benefits of \u201cinjecting\u201d disinfectants into the body to the fight against the virus.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute \u2014 one minute,\u201d he said, before asking: \u201cIs there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning?<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some medical professionals condemned the idea of injecting disinfectants into the body, warning the substance is poisonous and dangerous when mishandled.<\/p>\n
NBC News quoted Vin Gupta, a pulmonologist and global health policy expert, as saying: \u201cThis notion of injecting or ingesting any type of cleansing product into the body is irresponsible, and it\u2019s dangerous. It\u2019s a common method that people utilise when they want to kill themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
UK Guardian also quoted Robert Reich, a professor of public policy at the University of California as accusing the US President of \u201cactively endangering the public\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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