Physician on Trump’s request: It’s really impossible

Emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney says that despite what President Trump said, it's impossible to sterilize the N95 masks as the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow.

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  1. Emperor Tangerine’s own words: “So many doctors were surprised I knew so much. I really get this stuff. Maybe I should have done this instead of being POTUS.” 😥

    1. @Ground & Pound Quoting another idiot doesn’t absolve and justify your orange one. 😴

      And you are missing ‘s after Joe, BTW. 😌

  2. He shouldn’t be allowed to speak about anything related to what the medical community should be doing. He’s completely incompetent to give any medical-related advice. He’s a danger!!

    1. @M Lee it is. They are trying to rig the election by destroying the world so Socialists beg for handouts. He was right the first time

    2. @Robert Franz Get a brain. Dont just suck everything CNN says off the TV screen. Trump correctly said that the Democrats fake news was the hoax, not the virus. You need to crawl back to your fake little university and go and get a real ‘education’ on how to think.

  3. Millions will be going into bailing out his family business, you’ll see! But no effort to assist our healthcare workers in the frontline! Unbelievable!

    1. James Parker – I pity your ignorance! But keep defending corruption! Just pray your words don’t come back to haunt you!

    2. James Parker – even your writing skills clearly indicate that you fall under the spell of corruption! People are dying, including medical professionals, for heaven sakes! Stop being selfish!

    3. Gabriela Feliciano 👈🏻Recent MAGA Trump efforts to fight the China virus:
      ~ after just 24 days China travel ban, that Joe Biden & Bernie Sanders called “racist, Xenophobic & fear-mongering”
      ~Expanded Medicare tele-health benefits
      ~ signed the defense production act
      ~ signed a second coronavirus Relief Bill
      ~Cutting red tape to accelerate vaccine & treatment development
      ~ Declared all out war on the China virus.

      President Trump ~ The right leader for the biggest crisis in American history!

  4. What part of ‘disposable’ is lost on this “stable genius?” I bet he reused a disposable condom when Eric was conceived.

    1. @Red Chinese Death it must be fun for you being a tough guy living in your parents basement……still being taken care of by your mommie ..

  5. Lol if we start reusing masks, we’d literally be reliving the Spanish Flu, where those guys didnt know better about medical hygiene.

    1. June BSmalls —No thanks, British still not taken seriously and went against medical professionals advice so they’re last place to listen or find truth

    2. A*hole tRump needs to put the 1950 Defense Act in place NOW so factories can start making desperately needed medical supplies.
      tRump wants people to die he’s a psychopathic SOB!

    3. @KarmicVibez That would result in more people being tested, which would reflect on him and hurt his election chances.

      This way a lot of people will die without being diagnosed, and as the Healthcare infrastructure crumbles, a lot of them will just have ‘pneumonia’ on their death certificates.

      Thanks Trump supporters

    4. You don’t live in an ideal world. Accept it and adapt. World wide shortage of masks. Factories are running 24/7. We cannot just build factories with machinery and supply chain in a month or two.

      There is a WAY TO STERILIZE masks.

      Store them for a week.
      Virus expires in 3-4 days. Run some tests to see how long it takes for a mask to become safe to use again. 10 days should be an overkill.
      Or accelerate this by gentry heating them to 140F in a drier like contraption.
      None of it involves using liquids.

  6. Elect a lunatic,
    expect lunacy.
    I think the US is in big trouble.
    King Liar is causing a perfect storm.

    1. Rob Masdorp his base worship him as the second coming…. literally.

      he can eat a baby and they would hail it as genius

    2. @K G What is dangerous is that Trump and people who think like him, don’t seem to think this is such a big deal. That’s because when you’re a narcissist and lack empathy, nothing concerns you unless it concerns YOU. Trump boasted today like he always does when he thinks he has something important to say. One of the boastful statements he made was that he is rich and doesn’t have to worry like everyone else. He said he gets it. How nice of him to rub that in all of our faces at such a crucial time when people are losing their jobs and don’t know what they’re going to do. I sure hope he sends all of these unfortunate people a substantial check. It won’t last long but it will be better then nothing. Seems odd to me that of all the people he has been in contact with, including the Mar A Lago, in which some were sitting right next to him and already infected with the virus. Yet he goes unscathed and unaffected. Melania has been out and about too and defies contamination.

    1. 0UU RS actually there’s tons in common there but that’s an argument of semantics and it’s a moot point now

    2. @Benjamin Leon So when Trump announces the trade deal with China, you say – how can anyone trust anything coming out of china, LIAR IN CHIEF , DON THE CON and then some. Now China after revoking press privileges for all major American news outlets, come out with the news that they are on the other side of the curve and have things under control. This is when you chose to believe China huh?? Confirmation bias is oozing through your nose, you only believe negative news about trump and have lost all sense of objectivity.

  7. I work in the environmental remediation field where i’ve dealt with things like asbestos, arsenic and cyanide. These N95 masks definitely work but they are basically the lowest level protection other than those useless surgical masks. I’m curious why there isnt a conversation about providing PPE that is of a higher protection factor. There are many different options from the reusable half masks with N95 filters as well as filters that provide much more protection than the N95 filters. There are the Air Purifying Respirators (APR) that offer full face protection…think breaking bad. You also have Power Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) that feature a blower that draws air through cartridges or filters with the blower attached either Face piece mounted or belt mounted. There is even higher levels or supplied air respirators that could be used in the worst case triage scenarios. I’ve used all of the things listed above and they would work for the situation we find ourselves in. I find it frustrating that we are mucking about focusing on just these N95 paper masks when we should be using every piece of PPE available.

    1. @Terry Kant Actually it was the USA president with head bobber Fauci behind him, backing every word about the masks.

    2. Trump 2020 it’s absolutely amazing that you MAGAs are masters of saying “if this would’ve happened or that would’ve happened” it’s like you’ve all got ESP

    1. @Al 72 It would probably take a massive logistical system, time, labour and money to do this. It is likely it takes less time and manpower to manufacture new ones. So it is probably wiser to just help increase the speed of manufacturing. It like carpenters today… at least where I live…they never take time to sharpen (good quality) knives when they have become dull. The time it takes would cost them (their clients) more money then just buying new ones in large quantities.

    1. @Robert Franz well I’m not a republican but I’m definitely not delusional like you guys

  8. Turns out electing a moron out of spite costs millions of lives. Who would have thought, eh?

    1. Effects of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) on N95 Respirator Filtration Performance and Structural Integrity

      William G Lindsley et al. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2015

  9. The expressions on the faces behind him tell the whole story. LET THE DOCTORS DECIDE WHAT”S NEEDED!

    1. Majority of medical doctors are addicted to one or more substances (neurosurgeons love alcohol), they don’t know bonkers pal.

    1. @The Great Owl totally agree with you. He has no alliance now, no country will listen or help him. He made more enemies with most countries. If he called china they would have helped him but no he made enemy with them thru unkind words. So stupid esp at this time in the beginning of critical pandemic.

  10. U.V. Lights will kill germs and cells.. hang them up turn on the lights and an hour later good as new.. 👍👍

  11. I’m glad he isn’t my Doctor or Scientist, I would rather go into Hospice and take my chances with my life.

  12. The US is offering Iran to help with the Coronavirus pandemic while the US can’t even take care of their health care workers with necessary protective equipment

  13. But guys, his uncle was a scientist. Trump has a natural instinct for medicine and everything’s else. If his request is “impossible” he wouldn’t have requested it.

    1. IT’S ME FROM 713 Yes, so I’ve heard. My cousin is a pilot, so I know that in a pinch, I could land a plane.

    2. “Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it”. Jefferson’s brother’s brand new Camaro is totalled and Jeff Spicoli is our mechanic. We’re fucked.

    3. @Mitchell Deliman thank you, Michael. I am being sarcastic (not sure how my comment could have been interpreted any other way) and I’m from Houston, and I can’t stand that orange whale.

    4. @mc cheong Sigh…. It’s sarcasm, ok? The moron can barely read, much less have a natural instinct for science. ITS A JOKE.

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