Trump directs experts to see whether they can 'bring light inside the body' to kill the coronavirus, even as his own expert shuts him down

AP Photo/Alex Brandon President Donald Trump suggested that scientists and other experts investigate whether there's a way to inject d...

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• President Donald Trump suggested that scientists and other experts investigate whether there's a way to inject disinfectant, light, or heat into the human body to kill the coronavirus.
• "Suppose that we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light," Trump said from the White House podium. "Suppose you can bring the light inside the body, either through the skin or in some other way."
• At the briefing, Dr. Deborah Birx, the federal government's coronavirus response coordinator, said she'd never heard of light or heat being used as a treatment for an illness like COVID-19. 
• Trump added that he isn't a doctor and that he's "just here to present ideas" after a reporter suggested he was spreading "rumors" from the podium.
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President Donald Trump suggested during his Thursday night press briefing that scientists investigate whether there's a way to inject light, heat, or disinfectant into the human body to kill the coronavirus, despite lacking any evidence to support his theory.

"Suppose that we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light," Trump said from the White House podium. "Suppose you can bring the light inside the body, either through the skin or in some other way."

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