During Thursday’s daily press briefing at the white house, President Trump suggested that medical experts should study exposing the human body to heat and light as a treatment for the coronavirus.

These remarks followed a presentation from William Bryan, undersecretary for science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security. 

Bryan presented the results of a study that asserts that the virus deteriorates more quickly when subjected to higher temperatures and humidity -a finding that quickly garnered doubt from other experts on social media and news media- given outbreaks in several warm climate countries like Singapore and Brazil.

President Trump, however, found the findings very compelling and inquired multiple times about harnessing the light and heat as part of a potential cure.

“So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light — and I think you said that hasn’t been checked but you’re going to test it,” Trump said. “And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside of the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you’re going to test that too. Sounds interesting.”

Trump also inquired if there was a way to use disinfectants on or inside the body “by injection inside or almost a cleaning.”

When asked if it was dangerous to give the impression Americans would be safe from the virus going outside, Trump doubled down on this potential and entirely hypothetical, heat, and light cure.

“Maybe you can. Maybe you can’t … I’m not a doctor. But I’m, like, a person that has a good you-know-what,” Trump said, pointing to his head.

He then referred to Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, asking if she had ever heard of using “the heat and the light” to combat the coronavirus.

“Not as a treatment,” Birx said. “I mean, certainly … when you have a fever, it helps your body respond. But I’ve not seen heat or light.”

“I think it’s a great thing to look at,” Trump said.