{"id":39517,"date":"2020-04-24T14:34:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T21:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39517"},"modified":"2020-04-24T14:34:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T21:34:01","slug":"friday-fun-where-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/24\/friday-fun-where-to-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Where to Begin \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Hmmm \u2013 Let me see if I remember how to do this \u2026)<\/em><\/p>\n

To commence, I’d like to start off on the right foot with a beautiful photo courtesy of Webshots …<\/em><\/p>\n

KIDDING<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

In the interim I’ve been able to restock my larder with topics.\u00a0 But I want to begin with a timely one, courtesy of Dr. Donald Trump<\/em>.\u00a0 And to lay the groundwork, here are his actual words from yesterday’s proxy rally<\/del> Coronavirus briefing, directly from the White House Transcript:<\/p>\n

THE PRESIDENT: So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous \u2014 whether it\u2019s ultraviolet or just very powerful light \u2014 and I think you said that that hasn\u2019t been checked, but you\u2019re going to test it. And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way, and I think you said you\u2019re going to test that too. It sounds interesting.<\/p>\n

And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning. Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it would be interesting to check that. So, that, you\u2019re going to have to use medical doctors with. But it sounds \u2014 it sounds interesting to me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

White House Transcript<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

There you have it \u2013 Dr. Trump is now switching from Hydroxychloroquine<\/em> to powerful ultraviolet light and\/or injection of disinfectants. \u00a0So we can all imagine how Hydroxychloroquine<\/em> is feeling right about now \u2026<\/p>\n

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There is some concern about bringing the UV “light inside the body” as Trump suggests. Here is one of its more disturbing side effects:<\/p>\n

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But I want to focus more on his suggestion of directly injecting a disinfectant into the body. I was confused about where this idea came from \u2013 until someone provided a snapshot of Trump’s old pharmacy:<\/p>\n

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The good news is that there are options beside IV administration.<\/p>\n

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For us pediatricians, that is great news. We all know how scary needles are to most children \u2013 so the good news is that Clorox now comes in a chewable tablet.<\/p>\n

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And for those adults who also don’t like needles, but are not fond of taking kids’ medicine \u2013 you can use an inhaler. But to date, only Lysol has developed this delivery mode:<\/p>\n

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So it appears there are lots of modalities available for administration of disinfectants.<\/p>\n

Well, obviously all this goes to prove that we have an EFFING IDIOT<\/em> in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n

As a physician, I truly hope that these “Thought Bubbles” for Dr. Birx, based on her reaction at yesterday’s briefing, are accurate<\/p>\n

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I have invented a device that allows me to close caption the thoughts of people on camera.
I used it for the first time with footage from last night\u2019s #TrumpPressBriefing<\/a> about #Covid19<\/a> #disinfectant<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/juUvKcF3Dn<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kevin the indoor biker #ThanksNHS \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@polbikers) April 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n