3.2M views · Apr 23, 2020 · 2:51 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2020–2021
MSNBC's clip of the April 2020 White House coronavirus briefing in which President Trump responds to a DHS presentation on disinfectants by musing about injecting disinfectant into the body. The segment is three minutes long.
Why Hacker News points people here: Used as primary footage when commenters need to check exactly what was said, in threads on COVID misinformation and trusting authorities.
“You can literally watch him come up with the idea all on his own in real time.”HN comment, 2021
“the president did say it's worth trying out injecting disinfectants.”
Footage of Trump's remarks about injecting disinfectants
Immediately following someone stating that disinfectants like alcohol and bleach can destroy the virus, the president did say it's worth trying out injecting disinfectants. [1] He didn't specifically say "mainlining bleach", but he was referencing injecting one of the aforementioned disinfectants. It's kind of hard to say he didn't. [1] this video
“Should YouTube ban the interview with the President of the United States”
Footage of the president suggesting injecting disinfectant
Should YouTube ban the interview with the President of the United States, where he suggests injecting desinfectant or hand sanitizer to treat COVID-19? this video
“All of this is on video”
Primary footage of the briefing and Trump's remarks in context
No, it objectively isn't. The context of Trump's comments was a presentation by Bill Bryan from the Department of Homeland security on how to fight COVID-19, in which he explicitly discussed that a) The virus dies quickest in the presence of direct sunlight. and b) Readily available household disinfectants are effective at killing the virus. He specifically mentions that bleach and isopropyl alcohol had been tested. This is the immediate context in which Trump's comments about putting light inside the body and injecting disinfectant were made. There is absolutely no doubt what he meant here. Stop trying to gaslight people. All of this is on video: this video
“You can literally watch him come up with the idea all on his own in real time.”
Footage of Trump improvising the disinfectant idea
this video I mean, we can all wonder what was going through the man's head, but there you have it. You can literally watch him come up with the idea all on his own in real time.
