Let’s inject disinfectant into the lungs
Oh christ here’s the clip. Why has the 25th amendment not been invoked yet??! This is beyond belief!
And then I said – suppose you brought the light inside the body – which you can do – either through the skin or in some other way. Aaaand [turning to look at Birx] I think you said you’re gunna test that too. Sounds intresting.
He thinks for a couple of seconds then turns to look at Birx again.
And then I see the disinfectant, that knocks it out in a minute – one minute – aaand is there a way [turns to look at her again] we can do something like that. Byyyy injection inside [swirly gesture with hand] or almost a cleaning [flap of the hand] coz you see it gets in the lungs and does a tremendous number on the lungs so it would be interesting to check that.
He’s thinking that because disinfectants get rid of the virus on surfaces that therefore you can spritz some into the lungs and it will get rid of the virus there too, and the lungs will take a deep clean breath and everyone will sing The Donald Trump Song.
HE’S STANDING THERE AT A PRESS BRIEFING TELLING DOCTOR BIRX WE SHOULD TRY PUTTING DISINFECTANT IN PATIENTS’ LUNGS.
Next morning: updating to add closeup of Dr Birx as Trump drivels. She keeps her face as stony as she can, which is not 100%. When he says “by injection” she flinches, and from then on she is blinking rapidly, probably displacement behavior so that she won’t scream expletives.
Here Mr. President, here’s a can of Lysol spray. Give it a try. What do you have to lose?
Light?
Isn’t that how Kirk, McCoy, and Spock defeated those bloody fried egg looking creatures in Operation Annihilate? I hope he remembers that it’s UV light that kills them, no need to blind people, after all we are not Vulcans with regressive inner eyelids!
What’s the bet there was some discussion about UV light killing the virus and he’s completely and utterly got the wrong end of the stick because of brain rot and he’s now just randomly ad libbing.
Well, he’s right about one thing – if you inject someone’s lungs with disinfectant, it will do a number on those lungs.
Injection of a commercial dunny cleaner like Pine-O-Cleen might fill the bill, though when he’s through mucking round something normally for use on blocked sewers like Drain-O would be choice-de-jour: straight down the windpipe. Hopefully, there would be enough left over for him to have a swig and a gargle himself.
…” I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV…”
Or, “Hold my beer!”
The movie Idiocracy is more real every day.
There’s some great close-up footage of Dr Birx as he talks. I swear you see her die inside as it happens.
I can’t decide if she is a genuinely good public servant trying to do what she can to ensure something sensible comes out of this train-wreck of an administration, even if that means eating a bucket of shit every single day; or if she has sold her soul to the devil in exchange for her job. I really don’t know.
Rob, I share your confusion.
But seriously, how did she not grab the mic at that point, say that irradiating people and pumping them full of mr muscle is a terrible idea, that his suggesting it will kill people and that he can shove the job wherever he’s least orange?
I do get that sensible, well-meaning people sometimes need to play along in the belief that they’ll do more good that way than a shill would do in their place, but surely there’s some point where an epic on-screen, being-dragged-out-by-security, literally-hanging-onto-the-mic-by-fingernails meltdown is the only appropriate course of action?
And if this isn’t that point…
This is probably the clip Rob referred to:
https://twitter.com/Daniel_Lewis3/status/1253482576699969537
Her reaction looks to me like barely-suppressed panic suddenly lurching into abject despair.
But then again, I just saw this, which I think settles the question of Dr Birx’ motivation.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1243556939369496576
OK, so I’ve pasted this all over Facebook this morning, why not here?
I think that Trump should volunteer to be the first to use any and every treatment he suggests. Let’s start with opening him up on the White House lawn to expose his innards to heat and light, yes? He’d like that. Being Number One. And the ratings would be YUUUUUUGE!
I saw a Trump apologist claim that Dolt 45 was talking about cleaning face masks, not lungs, and that media opponents cut off the video or some such nonsense. The lengths to which people go to defend this idiot.
I console myself with the thought that the first idiot who dies because he injected himself with cleaning supplies would have voted for Trump in the fall.
Latsot, that was the clip. Shame Birx is just a suckup after all. Hard to feel so sorry for her in that clip.
Headline on the news tonight as they played that Trump clip – He’s finally jumped the Shark.
It looks to me like Dr. Birx is honestly trying to help. Having a strategy for mitigating Trump’s stupidity without trampling his fragile ego is part of getting some helpful information out there. It must be a difficult balancing act, and I think Fauci employs similar tactics. Trump appears to be extremely difficult to work with, akin to trying to reason with a tantrum prone 3 year old, so I think Birx, Fauci, et al, are doing the best they can. I’m willing to bet they are tired of his relentless campaigning and political posturing too, so they are in a difficult situation.
https://www.facebook.com/144310995587370/photos/a.271728576178944/3182784581739981/?type=3&theater
Screw the 25th Amendment – What does it take to get a 72 hour psych hold on someone in the DC area – anyone know? Just curious.
Pliny, I think pretty much everywhere in the country you can be held for observation if you are threatening yourself or someone else. I think Trump definitely qualifies. On steroids.