Trump’s ‘Disinfectant Injection’ Suggestion

C1 – Advanced

President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of an “injection” of disinfectant into a person infected with the coronavirus as a deterrent to the virus during his daily briefing. Following heavy criticism from medical professionals, Pres. Trump said his remarks were made sarcastically.

Watch the video to know more about the news and be able to express your opinion.

Discussion Questions:

  1. How do you feel about the news? Do you think President Trump’s briefings are actively endangering the public’s health?
  2. How powerful are the words of political leaders to their people?
  3. What do you think about disinfectants? Do you use them at home? If so, why and how often?
  4. What do you do in order to protect yourself and your family from the Coronavirus?
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5 replies on “Trump’s ‘Disinfectant Injection’ Suggestion”

How do you feel about the news? Do you think President Trump’s briefings are actively endangering the public’s health?
These news could be suitable for comic press, but sadly they are real. Trump’s speeches during last couple of years were at least a mix of nonsense and stupidity, and the worst part is that people with the same lack of intelligence could blindly follow his indications without giving them a second thought.

How powerful are the words of political leaders to their people?
There’s a general lack of critical thinking about politicians, we tend to believe that certain politician is from the right or the left side, but the truth is that people see them as if they were football teams or religions, and that’s how politicians leverage their influence to make people do what they want.

What do you think about disinfectants? Do you use them at home? If so, why and how often?
I commonly use disinfectants with both objects and packaged food whenever I go to the supermarket. I don’t use bleach for food, even the food bleach that it’s supposed to be indicated in such circumstances, instead of food bleach I use common soap, which I think is safer.

What do you do in order to protect yourself and your family from the Coronavirus?
I tend to be exaggerated when it’s about healthy procedures to prevent diseases. I made my parents to walk inside their homes instead of walking outside while we couldn’t have face masks or proper protection agains virus spread. I protect them by isolating myself and not having more contacts than 3 or 4 of my closest friends, and so do they. I think that controlling our movements and being conscious of what we were touching while going outside could be the best to protect us from others and others from ourselves.

We see that you always do your best in your writing practice. Keep it up!

Take a look at how you can make this sentence a little better:

I made my parents to walk inside their homes instead of walking outside while we couldn’t have face masks or proper protection agains virus spread.

I made my parents walk inside their homes instead of walking outside when/during times when we didn’t have enough face masks or proper protection against virus spread yet.

1. How do you feel about the news?
I feel very concerned about the irresponsibility of such an important person.
Do you think President Trump’s briefings are actively endangering the public’s health?
I do, in my opinion, the president of the EEUU has to ve very careful with every word he says. All the country is listening, so, even in spite of his strange personality, all his words may be taken seriously.

2. How powerful are the words of political leaders to their people?
Very powerful of course, they should be an example of responsability and truthfulness.

3. What do you think about disinfectants?
I think they are useful to clean but taking into account that they are normally toxic.

Do you use them at home? Yes, I do, when I clean the house.

If so, why and how often? Once a week, because it’s useful to clean.

4. What do you do in order to protect yourself and your family from the Coronavirus? Basically I try to respect the social distance and wear mask if needed.

Good job writing your thoughts on this subject. Please see how you can phrase this sentence better:

All the country is listening, so, even in spite of his strange personality, all his words may be taken seriously.
> All the OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD ARE listening. So, in spite of his strange personality, all his words may be taken seriously.

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