Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Barrister]

Well, the US President has just mentioned a possible cure - injecting disinfectants. The problem is almost solved! 😀

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-injection-disinfectant-beat-coronavirus-clean-lungs-n1191216

So, so stupid.

[Habbaku]

Yes, the proper response to that level of stupid is to null vote!

[Monoriu]

Well, the US President has just mentioned a possible cure - injecting disinfectants. The problem is almost solved! 😀

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-injection-disinfectant-beat-coronavirus-clean-lungs-n1191216

I could not believe it, so I actually watched the clip.  Yes, he really said it 

[katmai]

Yes, the proper response to that level of stupid is to null vote!

[Malthus]

Well, the US President has just mentioned a possible cure - injecting disinfectants. The problem is almost solved! 😀

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-injection-disinfectant-beat-coronavirus-clean-lungs-n1191216

I could not believe it, so I actually watched the clip.  Yes, he really said it 

It would be funny, if this level of dumb didn't have consequences.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I think this bit is better:

Trump made the remark after Bill Bryan, who leads the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology division, gave a presentation on research his team has conducted that shows that the virus doesn't live as long in warmer and more humid temperatures. Bryan said, "The virus dies quickest in sunlight," leaving Trump to wonder whether you could bring the light "inside the body."

"So supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it's ultraviolet or just a very powerful light — and I think you said that hasn't been checked because of the testing," Trump said, speaking to Bryan during the briefing. "And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or some other way, and I think you said you're going to test that, too."

[The Minsky Moment]

It's hard not to laugh but it's really not funny that the President keeps giving false and extremely dangerous information and "advice" on medical matters.  The doctors and medical professionals in these briefings have an ethical duty to step forward immediately - then and there - and contradict these kinds of statements.  The US national response is being hampered by the fact the professionals in charge of that response are not speaking truthfully and effectively on certain matters out f fear of giving personal offense to the President, as if they were courtiers in a Stalinist regime and not public officials responsible to the American people.

[Monoriu]

Well, the US President has just mentioned a possible cure - injecting disinfectants. The problem is almost solved! 😀

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suggests-injection-disinfectant-beat-coronavirus-clean-lungs-n1191216

I could not believe it, so I actually watched the clip.  Yes, he really said it 

It would be funny, if this level of dumb didn't have consequences.

Not funny at all.  It is not hard to imagine that one or two people in the US may actually follow their president's advice and drink some disinfectant, causing severe damage to their bodies or even death. 

[The Brain]

It's hard not to laugh but it's really not funny that the President keeps giving false and extremely dangerous information and "advice" on medical matters.  The doctors and medical professionals in these briefings have an ethical duty to step forward immediately - then and there - and contradict these kinds of statements.  The US national response is being hampered by the fact the professionals in charge of that response are not speaking truthfully and effectively on certain matters out f fear of giving personal offense to the President, as if they were courtiers in a Stalinist regime and not public officials responsible to the American people.

By now you don't work for Trump if you have any integrity at all. The people left are retarded yes-men.

[Syt]

And there's plenty of people still supporting him. Or at the very least prefer him over the evil Democrats who are out to take away guns and destroy America.

[Richard Hakluyt]

This is the story you get if Fox news is your source : https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-sunlight-heat-and-humidity

[Tamas]

This is the story you get if Fox news is your source : https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-sunlight-heat-and-humidity

I guess at least this means they know what he said was dangerously stupid. Keeping it secret is better than spreading it.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I thought it was very nicely spun. I've only read about 6 Fox news articles in my life, but it looks to me like quality propaganda. You can see why the typical person, who might devote 20 minutes a week to politics....if that, could be lured into a Trumpian world view.

[Tamas]

I thought it was very nicely spun. I've only read about 6 Fox news articles in my life, but it looks to me like quality propaganda. You can see why the typical person, who might devote 20 minutes a week to politics....if that, could be lured into a Trumpian world view.

Yeah, good point.

[Syt]