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COVID: UV Light and Disinfectants

This blog is a reprint from   Covid-19 Compendium For Clinicians  , and written by jon pincus.  I would just add that i think Trump might consider 2 actions: drinking lysol, just to show how safe it is (though, i should note that there has been a significant uptick in calls to poison control centers for ingestions of bleach and lysol (see  https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-poison-control-calls-for-bleach-lysol-double-after-trump-disinfectant-comment/2389593/  ). though that should not deter Trump, since science does not really matter (and his decidedly anti-science proclivities perhaps should encourage him to try it) using his immense power, through the Defense Production Act, to force tanning salons to redesign themselves to have ultraviolet probes to insert in all accessible body cavities (and ?create new ones) geoff Summary: a random perusal of the literature (PubMed search – Lysol, Household Cleaners) shows several reports of harm a...