Trump promotes theory suggesting sunlight can kill coronavirus
Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said she had not seen research to support the theory that heat could kill viruses.
By BRIANNA EHLEY
04/23/2020 08:29 PM EDT
President Donald Trump on Thursday touted new research from his Department of Homeland Security suggesting sunlight, heat and humidity could kill the coronavirus, even though his top health officials have not embraced the findings or done any relevant studies on sunlight as a treatment.
Trump, who has previously floated the possibility that the virus could be seasonal and repeatedly embraced the promise of unproven drugs from the White House podium, called the research “pretty powerful” and suggested light could be used as a treatment.
"The whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute, that’s pretty powerful," Trump said during a White House press briefing. He raised the possibility of hitting a human body "with a tremendous — whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light."
Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said she had not seen research to support the theory that heat could kill viruses.
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