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He also suggested UV lights applied from the inside of the human body could cure COVID. It remains unclear which orifice was recommended, but one was heavily im

He also suggested UV lights applied from the inside of the human body could cure COVID. It remains unclear which orifice was recommended, but one was heavily implied. [1] What a weird time that was. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG0ciGfJ1xY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG0ciGfJ1xY

cscurmudgeon 4y ago
You do know that this is a line of research right? https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/reduced-viral-loads-seen-in-covid-19-patients-treated-with-uva-light/ https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/reduced-viral-loads-se... https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-01/cedars-sinai-trump-covid-cure https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-01/cedars-sin... It is easy being smugly wrong.
- zimpenfish 4y ago
  The first link says (my emphasis): > The investigators emphasized the preliminary nature of their research, noting that they did not demonstrate a causal link between the improvement in patient conditions and the reduced viral loads.
  - finikytou 4y ago
    I don't know why people did make fun of him suggesting using UV. CNNing of the mind works well in the distopia that has became the western world. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1011134420304942?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101113442...
    - zimpenfish 4y ago
      But that paper is specifically not about COVID-19 - "it is reasonable to suggest a human Coronavirus HCoV-OC43 as a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2" - and is only tested in-vitro - "For each irradiation experiment 50 μl of virus suspension [...] was placed in each well of a black 24-well plate". It might encourage people to give grant money for further research but it is 100% not evidence for the efficacy of "sticking a UV light inside the body will kill COVID-19".
      - finikytou 4y ago
        yes it is not evidence and I don't think trump's tone was 100% sure of it. he just asked if there might be a way. that doesn't totally sounds dumb to look at it according to prior research.
        ModernMech 4y ago
        But according to Trump he wasn’t actually asking, he was being sarcastic.

cscurmudgeon 4y ago

You do know that this is a line of research right? https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/reduced-viral-loads-seen-in-covid-19-patients-treated-with-uva-light/ https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/reduced-viral-loads-se... https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-01/cedars-sinai-trump-covid-cure https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-01/cedars-sin... It is easy being smugly wrong.

zimpenfish 4y ago
The first link says (my emphasis): > The investigators emphasized the preliminary nature of their research, noting that they did not demonstrate a causal link between the improvement in patient conditions and the reduced viral loads.
- finikytou 4y ago
  I don't know why people did make fun of him suggesting using UV. CNNing of the mind works well in the distopia that has became the western world. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1011134420304942?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101113442...
  - zimpenfish 4y ago
    But that paper is specifically not about COVID-19 - "it is reasonable to suggest a human Coronavirus HCoV-OC43 as a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2" - and is only tested in-vitro - "For each irradiation experiment 50 μl of virus suspension [...] was placed in each well of a black 24-well plate". It might encourage people to give grant money for further research but it is 100% not evidence for the efficacy of "sticking a UV light inside the body will kill COVID-19".
    - finikytou 4y ago
      yes it is not evidence and I don't think trump's tone was 100% sure of it. he just asked if there might be a way. that doesn't totally sounds dumb to look at it according to prior research.
      - ModernMech 4y ago
        But according to Trump he wasn’t actually asking, he was being sarcastic.