The public may not often see Donald Trump giving daily briefings about the COVID-19 pandemic following his controversial remarks about injecting disinfectants to fight off the virus. The United States President's advisers advised Melania Trump's husband that people didn't want to see him engage in an argument with the reporters or make unconfirmed suggestions while thousands die and lose their jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak.
A source told Axios that the POTUS is now being overexposed for giving press conference every day to give update about the pandemic. His appearances are said to be affecting his poll results against Joe Biden in the presidential election.
"I told him it's not helping him," one adviser, allegedly, told the President. "Seniors are scared. And the spectacle of him fighting with the press isn't what people want to see."
This move comes after Donald Trump suggested ultraviolet rays or disinfectant injections could help COVID-19 patients kill off the virus. Although he later cleared that he was only joking about it, people were not buying his alibis, Celebrity Insider noted.
Medical experts, like doctors, epidemiologists, and others, were also alarmed by the former television personality's claim. Dr. Eugene Gu, whose laboratory is involved in coronavirus testing, said that what Donald Trump suggested was "wrong and irresponsible."
In a series of tweets, Gu explained that although Clorox, Tide Pods, and Lysol could indeed kill coronavirus, it couldn't cure the sick. As the virus is inside the patient's cells, if any of these disinfectants were used to kill the infection in the cells, the patient would die right along with the coronavirus.
According to Al Jazeera, Donald Trump made his another controversial comment on his daily COVID-19 briefing at the White House after the government researchers revealed the effect of the heat and the sunlight on the coronavirus. He first discussed the possibility of using ultraviolet rays inside the body to kill off the virus before talking about injecting disinfectants.
He said that disinfectants could knock out the virus in just one minute. So, he asked if there's a way that they could use it, like injection or cleaning of the body. He added that when these cleaning products get into the lungs, it could do different things on it.
Donald Trump then suggested it would be interesting to check the possibility of using disinfectants with the help of medical doctors, stressing he found the idea fascinating. As expected, scientists quickly slammed his remarks, accusing him of endangering the public's life and health.
