Playbook PM:
WE ALL USED OUR OWN EYES AND EARS Thursday to witness -- either in person, or on a screen -- President DONALD TRUMP suggest that disinfectants might be able to help cure the body of Covid-19.
WE ALL USED OUR OWN EYES AND EARS Thursday to witness -- either in person, or on a screen -- President DONALD TRUMP suggest that disinfectants might be able to help cure the body of Covid-19.
WE WATCHED HIM MOTION TOWARD DEBORAH BIRX while he asked her to study this, along with whether ultraviolet lights might also cure the disease.
WE WATCHED HIM call @PhilipRucker “fake news” bc he suggested people want to hear more than just rumors during the White House briefings -- the president said he was just there to deliver “ideas,” and people should still consult with doctors.
@PhilipRucker MANY OF US ALSO KNOW -- because we are functioning human beings on planet Earth who were not born yesterday -- that it’s not prudent to put such substances inside your body because they can make you really sick, or perhaps kill you.
@PhilipRucker BUT HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED since the president said that.
@PhilipRucker @PressSec -- MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE called Maryland’s emergency hotline asking about this. This led to the state having to issue a statement urging ppl to not ingest disinfectants.
@PhilipRucker @PressSec -- THE MAKER OF LYSOL put out a public statement saying that “under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route).”
@PhilipRucker @PressSec -- SCOTT GOTTLIEB -- TRUMP’S former FDA director -- went on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to say: “I think we need to speak very clearly. There’s no circumstance under which you should take a disinfectant or inject a disinfectant for the treatment of anything"
@PhilipRucker @PressSec THE PRESIDENT THEN SAID today in the Oval Office that he was “asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen,” per the print pooler, Chris Johnson of the Washington Blade.
