Lysol Maker Says "Under No Circumstance" Should People Inject Disinfectants To Combat Coronavirus Amid Trump's Suggestion

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Donald Trump suggested that people could get an "injection" of "the disinfectant that knocks (coronavirus) out in a minute," during a White House briefing on Thursday.

Following a White House briefing where Donald Trump suggested people getting injected with disinfectant as a treatment for coronavirus, the makers of Lysol have issued a warning advising people to not inject or ingest disinfectants "under no circumstance."

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"As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body (through injection, ingestion or any other route)," a statement reads on the Reckitt Benckiser website. (RB is the maker of Lysol and Dettol.) "We have a responsibility in providing consumers with access to accurate, up-to-date information as advised by leading public health experts."

Trump made the remark about injecting disinfectants on Thursday (April 23) after medical experts gave a presentation highlighting how COVID-19 doesn't live as long in warmer and more humid temperatures.

"So supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it's ultraviolet or just a very powerful light — and I think you said that hasn't been checked because of the testing," Trump said, speaking to Department of Homeland Security's science and technology division leader Bill Bryan. "And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or some other way, and I think you said you're going to test that, too."

Following that, he then made his comments about disinfectant injections.

"I see the disinfectant that 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?" he said. "As you see, it gets in the lungs, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that."

Trump has since referred to his remarks as "sarcastic," telling a reporter at the White House on Friday: "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen."

H/T: NBC News