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If you look at how Trump talks you can see a pattern where he likes to repeat ideas that he's heard about and then hype them. My hunch is that he heard about t

If you look at how Trump talks you can see a pattern where he likes to repeat ideas that he's heard about and then hype them. My hunch is that he heard about this as a potential treatment from some doctor/advisor and then put his usual spin on it. This could work, it could be great, it's very promising, why don't we try it?

Ididntdothis 6y ago
Considering how much weight the words of a president have I wonder if some of his underlings will now go out and spend energy on investigating these ideas. Throwing out such ideas during a lunch with colleagues is fine and fun but doing this during a national press conference aimed to inform the public seems highly irresponsible. I watched the process conference where we he talked about the idea of putting light into people because it may be an idea. If I was one of the medical advisors I would have had to work really hard not punching him in the face so he shuts up.
- newacct583 6y ago
  > Considering how much weight the words of a president have I wonder if some of his underlings will now go out and spend energy on investigating these ideas In fact it was reported last week that Rick Bright was fired from HHS because he tried to resist the chloroquines spin and push traditional vaccine development instead. It seems almost certain that significant bandwidth will be tied up in the bureaucracy because of the desire in the executive branch to provide evidence backing up POTUS statements.
rsynnott 6y ago
Honestly I suspect he just saw a news article about UV sterilisation of a room or something and got confused. And Dunning-Kruger did the rest. Like, confusion over this is not uncommon; elderly people trying to ingest disinfectants, say, is A Thing, and weird health claims for UV/sunbed aren’t new. It’s just that most senile people don’t really have the platform to promote it.
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poppabox 6y ago
This is very kind, he has no concept of what he's talking about. The man is a bullshitter, and not a great one. 'Here's a word I barely listened to and have no conceptual backing for, what if that word? We're doing great '
Loughla 6y ago
Benefit of the doubt for Trump: He is actually just trying to maintain a positive attitude about there being a solution. Cynical response to Trump: He only half listens to the people around him, and genuinely believes he knows better than everyone in the world. Not sure which of those it actually is, but I'm sure it's one of the two.
- paulcole 6y ago
  He’s never once faced any consequences of his words or actions. In fact, he’s only ever been rewarded for behaving the way he does. Why wouldn’t he just say whatever pops into his head, regardless of whether it’s remotely plausible at all? I think there’s almost no forethought given to a lot of his words/actions. Nobody could set up a long game like this for 70+ years to become President.
- twomoretime 6y ago
  This is a good take. I'm genuinely sorry you're being downvoted. Anything remotely positive about Trump is just destroyed and it's absolutely ridiculous. There's no objectivity - people online interpret everything he does in the absolutely worst way.
  - Loughla 6y ago
    Honestly. Maybe I should've put the line in there that I deleted calling him an idiot. Because apparently I need to be clear, I think this is complete idiocy. But there are always 2 sides to every coin.
    - BitwiseFool 6y ago
      Heck, I got downvoted for talking about a pattern I noticed. I never even gave an opinion good or bad about him.
  - anigbrowl 6y ago
    He habitually demonizes and belittles others for political gain, often in the crudest terms, and then whines about how unfairly he is treated. Objectivity does not require blinding oneself to context.
asveikau 6y ago
I think it seems like a direct path between hearing what kills the virus outside the body (light, heat, disinfectant) and then saying OK, how do we get those things inside the body? Then ignoring potential bad consequences of what happens when you get those things in your body.
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1217/ https://xkcd.com/1217/

Ididntdothis 6y ago

Considering how much weight the words of a president have I wonder if some of his underlings will now go out and spend energy on investigating these ideas. Throwing out such ideas during a lunch with colleagues is fine and fun but doing this during a national press conference aimed to inform the public seems highly irresponsible. I watched the process conference where we he talked about the idea of putting light into people because it may be an idea. If I was one of the medical advisors I would have had to work really hard not punching him in the face so he shuts up.

newacct583 6y ago
> Considering how much weight the words of a president have I wonder if some of his underlings will now go out and spend energy on investigating these ideas In fact it was reported last week that Rick Bright was fired from HHS because he tried to resist the chloroquines spin and push traditional vaccine development instead. It seems almost certain that significant bandwidth will be tied up in the bureaucracy because of the desire in the executive branch to provide evidence backing up POTUS statements.

rsynnott 6y ago

Honestly I suspect he just saw a news article about UV sterilisation of a room or something and got confused. And Dunning-Kruger did the rest. Like, confusion over this is not uncommon; elderly people trying to ingest disinfectants, say, is A Thing, and weird health claims for UV/sunbed aren’t new. It’s just that most senile people don’t really have the platform to promote it.

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poppabox 6y ago

This is very kind, he has no concept of what he's talking about. The man is a bullshitter, and not a great one. 'Here's a word I barely listened to and have no conceptual backing for, what if that word? We're doing great '

Loughla 6y ago

Benefit of the doubt for Trump: He is actually just trying to maintain a positive attitude about there being a solution. Cynical response to Trump: He only half listens to the people around him, and genuinely believes he knows better than everyone in the world. Not sure which of those it actually is, but I'm sure it's one of the two.

paulcole 6y ago
He’s never once faced any consequences of his words or actions. In fact, he’s only ever been rewarded for behaving the way he does. Why wouldn’t he just say whatever pops into his head, regardless of whether it’s remotely plausible at all? I think there’s almost no forethought given to a lot of his words/actions. Nobody could set up a long game like this for 70+ years to become President.
twomoretime 6y ago
This is a good take. I'm genuinely sorry you're being downvoted. Anything remotely positive about Trump is just destroyed and it's absolutely ridiculous. There's no objectivity - people online interpret everything he does in the absolutely worst way.
- Loughla 6y ago
  Honestly. Maybe I should've put the line in there that I deleted calling him an idiot. Because apparently I need to be clear, I think this is complete idiocy. But there are always 2 sides to every coin.
  - BitwiseFool 6y ago
    Heck, I got downvoted for talking about a pattern I noticed. I never even gave an opinion good or bad about him.
- anigbrowl 6y ago
  He habitually demonizes and belittles others for political gain, often in the crudest terms, and then whines about how unfairly he is treated. Objectivity does not require blinding oneself to context.

asveikau 6y ago

I think it seems like a direct path between hearing what kills the virus outside the body (light, heat, disinfectant) and then saying OK, how do we get those things inside the body? Then ignoring potential bad consequences of what happens when you get those things in your body.

ceejayoz 6y ago
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1217/ https://xkcd.com/1217/