2020年4月5日，德克萨斯州休斯顿——美国外科医生杰罗姆·亚当斯说，美国人应该继续练习社交距离，至少在家呆30天。亚当斯恳求州领导敦促居民至少在接下来的7到10天呆在家里:“如果每个人都尽自己的一份力量，隧道尽头就有一盏灯。”(照片由马克·费利克斯/法新社拍摄)(照片由马克·费利克斯/法新社通过盖蒂影像公司拍摄)
马里兰紧急热线已经接到了100多个居民的电话，询问消毒剂的使用，告诉他们“在任何情况下”都不应该使用消毒剂来治疗这种新型冠状病毒。
这些电话导致马里兰急救医疗机构发布了一条推文，提醒居民不要摄入有害产品。
“警报-我们已经接到几个关于消毒剂使用和COVID-19问题的电话。这是一个提醒，在任何情况下都不应该通过注射、摄入或任何其他途径将任何消毒产品注射到身体里，”推特说。
马里兰州州长拉里·霍根(Larry Hogan)的通信主管迈克·里奇(Mike Ricci)转发了这条警报，他写道:“在接到100多个热线电话后，我们决定发布这条警报。”
在对消毒剂进行调查之前，唐纳德·特朗普总统在周四的新闻发布会上就正在进行的杀死新型冠状病毒的研究发表了评论。国土安全部科技副部长威廉·布莱恩在总统每日的冠状病毒新闻发布会上发言，向公众介绍了他的团队在对抗COVID-19方面的发现。
布莱恩说:“迄今为止，我们最引人注目的观察结果是，太阳光似乎对杀死表面和空气中的病毒都有强大的作用。”他还补充说，温度和湿度的升高“通常对病毒不利”
“我们还测试了消毒剂。我们测试了漂白剂，测试了异丙醇对病毒的作用，特别是在唾液或呼吸液中。我可以告诉你漂白剂会在五分钟内杀死病毒。异丙醇将在30秒内杀死病毒，”布莱恩说。
这些评论促使特朗普要求布莱恩“检查”注射消毒剂杀死感染者体内病毒的可能性。
“我看到消毒剂在一分钟内将[病毒击倒。有没有一种方法，我们可以通过内部注射或者几乎是清洗来做到这一点？因为你看到它进入肺部，对肺部产生了巨大的影响。检查一下会很有趣。特朗普在新闻发布会上说:“所以你必须和医生一起使用，但对我来说这听起来很有趣，所以我们拭目以待。”。
白宫新闻秘书凯丽·麦克纳尼讲述新闻周刊在一份声明中周五，媒体“不负责任地”将总统的评论断章取义为“负面头条”
当天晚些时候，在一项国会法案的签字仪式上，特朗普表示，他前一天提出的关于注射消毒剂的问题只是讽刺。
“我在问房间里的记者一个非常讽刺的问题，”特朗普说。当记者问及他是否鼓励美国人摄入消毒剂时，他说，“当然不是。”
“从内部来说，这是讽刺性的。这是以一个问题的形式向一群非常敌对的人，即虚假的新闻媒体提出的，”总统说。
MARYLAND EMERGENCY HOTLINE SEES OVER 100 CALLS ABOUT DISINFECTANTS, SAYS 'UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES' SHOULD THEY BE USED FOR CORONAVIRUS
HOUSTON, TX APRIL 5, 2020 - US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Americans should continue to practice social distancing and stay home for at least 30 days. Adams pleaded with state leaders to urge residents to stay home for at least the next seven to 10 days: "There is a light at the end of the tunnel if everyone does their part." (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)
The Maryland emergency hotline has received more than 100 calls from residents asking about the use of disinfectants, telling them that "under no circumstances" should they be used as treatment for the novel coronavirus.
The calls led the Maryland Emergency Medical Agency to post a tweet alerting residents not to ingest the harmful products.
"ALERT - We have received several calls regarding questions about disinfectant use and COVID-19. This is a reminder that under no circumstances should any disinfectant product be administered into the body through injection, ingestion or any other route," the tweet said.
Mike Ricci, the communications director for Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, retweeted the alert, writing "We decided to take the step of posting this alert after receiving more than 100 calls to our hotline."
The inquiries into disinfectants came after President Donald Trump made comments at a press briefing Thursday regarding ongoing research into what kills the novel coronavirus. William Bryan, the undersecretary for science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, spoke at the president's daily coronavirus press conference to inform the public of his team's findings in combating COVID-19.
"Our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect solar light appears to have on killing the virus on both surfaces and in the air," Bryan said, adding that increasing temperatures and humidity are also "generally less favorable to the virus."
"We've also tested disinfectants. We've tested bleach, we've tested isopropyl alcohol on the virus, specifically in saliva or in respiratory fluids. I can tell you that bleach will kill the virus in five minutes. Isopropyl alcohol will kill the virus in 30 seconds," Bryan said.
The comments prompted Trump to ask Bryan to "check" for the possibility of injecting disinfectants to kill the virus within people who are infected.
"I see the disinfectant where it knocks [the virus] out in a minute. 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. It would be interesting to check that. So that you're going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me so we'll see," Trump said at the press conference.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told Newsweek in a statement Friday that the press had "irresponsibly" taken the president's comments out of context for "negative headlines."
Later in the day at a signing ceremony for a congressional bill to again fund the Paycheck Protection Program, Trump said his question the previous day on injecting disinfectants was merely sarcasm.
"I was asking a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room," Trump said. When a reporter asked whether he is encouraging Americans to ingest disinfectants, he said, "of course not."
"Interior-wise it's said sarcastically. It was put in the form of a question to a group of extraordinarily hostile people, namely the fake news media," the president said.
