Deborah Birx Went Viral For Her Reaction To Trump Talking About Treating Coronavirus With Disinfectant And Light
Video footage showed the White House coronavirus response coordinator staring at the president before inhaling deeply and staring at the ground.

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Dr. Deborah Birx listening to President Donald Trump on Thursday.

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A clip of Dr. Deborah Birx went viral Thursday, showing the White House coronavirus response coordinator looking pained as she listened to President Donald Trump wonder if sunlight exposure and injecting the human body with disinfectants could be used to combat COVID-19.

Trump made the remarks — which are not backed by science and have been decried as wildly dangerous by medical professionals and even disinfectant manufacturers — at a press conference Thursday.

The president attempted to walk back his comments on Friday, saying he was being sarcastic when he made the claims. "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen," he said Friday.

In fact, video of the press conference clearly showed Trump asking Birx, a renowned virus expert with decades of government experience, to investigate if some of the treatments were feasible.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/ellievhall/birx-coronavirus-trump-reaction-press-conference

This is a link to the video clip of Dr. Birx's reaction that went viral while Trump was making the disinfectant comment.

https://twitter.com/Daniel_Lewis3/status/1253482576699969537?s=09

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Trump has been defamed and fraustrated.

Dude be regretting the day he became the US president. Damn, he is gunning for the worst president of the United States.

He fraustrated, lacks composure and lacks good advisers. He needs to avoid the media and let his disgnated cabinet members and professional do the talking cos he keeps using his statements to shoot himself in the leg.

Now the Chinese loan he got which is due for payback is in the cooler waiting for him. Once this is over, they coming for him again.

Glaring GOP has even left the guy. He should just start packing his bags.

And Biden need to thread carefully. Everything favours him at the moment and need to watch his statement so he doesn't shoot himself down. One grave mistake can ruin his chances.

Too late. When I could not find disinfectant in the village market, I began injecting palm wine and Sapele Wata, with good results so far, in that I am still virus-free, despite many attempts by enemies of frogress to infect me.

Of course the side-effect of injecting Ogogoro instead of disinfectant, is that I get drunk on the local gin, while I would likely die if injected with disinfectant.

Thank you and God Breast America, where the president yesterday advised his followers to inject themselves with floor and toilet disinfectant, to stave off the dreaded virus .