Trump puts forth idea that heat, humidity could help fight virus

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Review Journal


By Kevin Freking The Associated Press
April 23, 2020 - 2:42 pm
Updated April 23, 2020 - 6:16 pm

WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday pitched “emerging” research on the benefits of sunlight and humidity in diminishing the threat of the coronavirus as President Donald Trump encourages states to move to reopen their economies.

Past studies have not found good evidence that the warmer temperatures and higher humidity of spring and summer will help tamp down the spread of the virus.

. . .

“I’m here to present ideas, because we want ideas to get rid of this thing. And if heat is good, and if sunlight is good, that’s a great thing as far as I’m concerned,” the president said.

Trump noted that the researchers were also looking at the effects of disinfectants on the virus and wondered aloud if they could be injected into people, saying the virus “does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that.” Bryan said there was no consideration of that.


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[rpannier]

1. Wait until il douche Trumpolini annouces that being near him cures it

And Falwell, Jeffries, Robertson and Graham tell us all how he is like Jesus

[SergeStorms]

9. Along with....

a frosty glass of Lysol, a couple of Chloroquine tablets, and bathing in UV light for 12 hours a day. That's the Trump "cure", straight from heaven.

[C Moon]

2. David Heymann at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,

David Heymann at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who led the global response to the SARS outbreak in 2003, points out that the MERS coronavirus has spread in Saudi Arabia in August, when it is very hot. “These viruses can certainly spread during high temperature seasons,” he says.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2233249-will-the-covid-19-coronavirus-outbreak-die-out-in-the-summers-heat/#ixzz6KVYPtCCM

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Exactly. Virus transmits between humans & hot outside means AIR-CONDITIONING inside

... let alone the fact that this is a unique and novel virus.

[rusty quoin]

3. Well Trump is swinging at windmills.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. He's flailing and has been flailing for months. . . . nt

[Scarsdale]

16. Instead of a tennis pavillion,

Maleria should have designed a miniature golf course on the WH yard.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Yeah. Yeah. Heat and humidity. That's the ticket. That'll do it. Yeah.

The DNC needs to hire Jon Lovitz, put him in a ridiculous wig and orange makeup, and do some ads using Trump's actual words.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Has He Heard Of New Orleans?

It was warm there in February & it's almost always humid.
No cases in NOLA, are there PINO?
Sheesh!

[rusty quoin]

5. We are mostly fucked

[truthisfreedom]

6. Virus 1: It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Virus 2: I know, right?

[SergeStorms]

7. Already debunked.

Outbreaks in Singapore, the Philippines and other equatorial countries have shown no slowing of the virus with heat and humidity. It's just Trump grasping at the few remaining straws of blame before his failures finally rest on his flabby, sloped shoulders. This virus is one tough son-of-a-bitch, and nothing is standing in it's way. Science will slap it upside the head sooner or later, but until then we're at it's mercy (and it hasn't shown any of that).

[diva77]

8. Media needs to broadcast ongoing public service announcements that warn people to ignore Dump

His wacky pressers and ignorant sensationalized proposed cures are lethal and they are impeding efforts to conquer this public health disaster.

[patricia92243]

10. Oh goodie! That means we here in Florida are already safe :(

[Brainfodder]

11. Is he just one step from claiming semen to the face can prevent the spread?

Next week it's going to be swallowing ammo, drinking gasoline, and chasing it with tide pods and then have a healthy cigarette?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Zero evidence for. Influenza very different virus. Studies from 2004 and 2013 do not apply

Some evidence against the idea. French study found that elevated ambient temperatures don't especially affect the Covid-19 virus.

[Scarsdale]

14. Heat and humidity?

Sounds like he is angling for a trip to Mar-A-Lardo for golf. Thanks, gop. You really picked a winner this time.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

17. If he throws enough shit at the wall eventually something will stick.

When it does, he'll claim that he is the first one to think of it and we should all praise him, forget all the stuff that went before, and get on with out lives.

Oh, the life of a con man. It's like a tap dancer who has been cursed by a spell that keeps him dancing forever. Trump lies because he can't stop. Where the rest of the human race inhales and exhales without consciously doing anything (except in certain circumstances), Fat Donnie lies just as automatically. For him it goes like this: inhale-lie-inhale-lie-inhale-lie, ad nauseam.

He should not be president. He is unable to fulfill the duties of the office. His actions are killing people -- tens of thousands of people. Use the 25th Amendment and remove him from office.

[Squinch]

18. Because, like, look at places like Florida and Louisiana! They haven't been hit hard at all!

[Drum]

19. AKA the beach

Or golf

[eringer]

20. Holy Cow! It's Operation Annihilate!

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It’s April 13, 1967. We are living inside a Star Trek Episode! It was SciFi then and it’s SciFi now. The news conference added a humorous slice to this old episode. Incredible. Looks like a job for his newly minted Space Force!
Take a look at
Season 1, episode 29.

[Dave Starsky]

21. I've heard that putting a loaded gun in your mouth and pulling the trigger...

STOPS coronavirus dead in its tracks. %100 cure rate.

And here's the kicker: it also PREVENTS you from getting it. They've even found a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun loaded with 00 buck is at least twice as effective as, say, a handgun loaded with "cop killer" hollow-points.

Of course, you will never hear the lying news media or the pussy doctors talking about any of this, because they will do ANYTHING to try to discredit the gun industry and slam our great president.

[yellowcanine]

22. so...Saunas for everyone!

[pandr32]

23. In Hawaii here

...and we're locked down--so no.

[olddad65]

24. I took his advice and drank a quart of warm lysol today.

I feel much safer now.

[Marthe48]

25. Why in the name of sanity does anyone let him talk?

25th Amendment. NOW

[ChazII]

26. And here, living in a dry heat,

I thought I had it made. Well, that was before the virus.

[BobTheSubgenius]

27. Aren't human lungs kind of warm and humid?

This virus seems to do pretty well there.

[turbinetree]

28. Just maybe he (trump) will recommend this ..........warning do not attempt to do this .......

warning do not attempt to do this

[democrattotheend]

29. He may not be entirely wrong about that

I've been watching the state numbers on Worldometer closely for weeks and Florida, Texas and other southern states haven't had as many deaths as we expected considering how late they were to the stay at home party. Louisiana did have a bigger outbreak but it seems to be dying down there faster than in the northern states that got hit hard. So there may be something to the weather theory. It won't kill the virus but my husband, who understands this stuff better than I do, did say it might spread more slowly by a bit in warmer weather.