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On Thursday, the President of the United States, one of the most politically powerful men in the world, seriously suggested the coronavirus could be killed by introducing disinfectant or a “very powerful light” into a person’s body.
"I see the disinfectant where it knocks [the coronavirus] out in a minute, one minute," said Trump during the White House’s daily coronavirus briefing. "And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets in the lungs, and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it’d be interesting to check that."