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Calculated Shard: 16 (from laksa163)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa016.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52399464\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52399464\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-52399464","crawl_time":1773665171,"first_indexed_time":1587735960,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,bbc!www,\/news\/world-us-canada-52399464 s443","src_root_hash":"1643509356818581016","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Coronavirus: Trump’s disinfectant and sunlight claims fact-checked","meta_descriptions":["The US president's latest comments about virus treatments have caused an outcry among medical experts."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"24 April 2020\nReality Check team\nBBC News\nGetty Images\nPresident Donald Trump has questioned whether injecting people with disinfectants and exposing patients' bodies to UV light could help treat the coronavirus.\nThe Reality Check team has been looking into both of these issues.\nClaim 1\n\"I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs.\"\nMr Trump suggested injecting patients with disinfectants might help treat coronavirus.\nUsing a disinfectant can kill viruses on surfaces, but this is crucially only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body.\nNot only does consuming or injecting disinfectant risk poisoning and death, it's not even likely to be effective.\nDoctors have appealed to people not to ingest or inject disinfectant, as there are concerns people will think this is a good idea and die.\n\"Injecting bleach or disinfectant at the dose required to neutralise viruses in the circulating blood would likely result in significant, irreversible harm and probably a very unpleasant death,\" says Rob Chilcott, professor of toxicology at the University of Hertfordshire.\"\nHe adds that it would also \"not have much effect on viral particles within the cells\".\nGetty Images\nIt is highly dangerous to use disinfectants inside the human body\nReckitt Benckiser, a leading manufacturer of disinfectant products including Lysol and Dettol, has issued a statement in response to the president's comments. It said: \"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).\"\nMr Trump has subsequently defended his comment claiming \"I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters.\"\nClaim 2\n\"I said supposing you brought the light inside 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... So, we'll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute - that's pretty powerful.\"\nMr Trump has also floated the idea of exposing patients to \"ultraviolet or just very powerful light\".\nThere is some evidence that, in general, viruses on surfaces die more quickly when exposed directly to sunlight. But we don't know how much or how long they have to be exposed for UV light to have an effect.\nAnd again, this is only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body.\nGetty Images\nUV light won't make a difference if you're infected with the coronavirus\nBy the time the virus has taken hold inside your body, no amount of UV light on your skin is going to make a difference.\n\"UV irradiation and high heat are known to kill virus particles on surfaces,\" says Dr Penny Ward, visiting professor in pharmaceutical medicine at Kings College London. But \"neither sitting in the sun, nor heating, will kill a virus replicating in an individual patient's internal organs\".\nEASY STEPS:\nHow to keep safe\nA SIMPLE GUIDE:\nWhat are the symptoms?\nCONTAINMENT:\nWhat it means to self-isolate\nMAPS AND CHARTS:\nVisual guide to the outbreak","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-52399464#main-content)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news)\n- [Sport](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport)\n- [Business](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/business)\n- [Technology](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/technology)\n- [Health](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/health)\n- [Culture](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture)\n- [Arts](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/arts)\n- [Travel](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel)\n- [Earth](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future-planet)\n- [Audio](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/audio)\n- [Video](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/video)\n- [Live](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/live)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/home)\n- [News](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news)\n  - [US & Canada](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/us-canada)\n  - [UK](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk)\n    - [UK Politics](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/politics)\n    - [England](https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/england)\n    - [N. 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And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs.\"\nMr Trump suggested injecting patients with disinfectants might help treat coronavirus.\n\nUsing a disinfectant can kill viruses on surfaces, but this is crucially only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body.\n\nNot only does consuming or injecting disinfectant risk poisoning and death, it's not even likely to be effective.\n\nDoctors have appealed to people not to ingest or inject disinfectant, as there are concerns people will think this is a good idea and die.\n\n\"Injecting bleach or disinfectant at the dose required to neutralise viruses in the circulating blood would likely result in significant, irreversible harm and probably a very unpleasant death,\" says Rob Chilcott, professor of toxicology at the University of Hertfordshire.\"\n\nHe adds that it would also \"not have much effect on viral particles within the cells\".\n\n![](https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2\/grey-placeholder.png)![Getty Images Dettol disinfectant sprayed into sink](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/14CB4\/production\/_111927158_dettol.jpg.webp)Getty Images\n\nIt is highly dangerous to use disinfectants inside the human body\n\nReckitt Benckiser, a leading manufacturer of disinfectant products including Lysol and Dettol, has issued a statement in response to the president's comments. It said: \"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).\"\n\nMr Trump has subsequently defended his comment claiming \"I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters.\"\n\n## Claim 2\n## \"I said supposing you brought the light inside 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... So, we'll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute - that's pretty powerful.\"\nMr Trump has also floated the idea of exposing patients to \"ultraviolet or just very powerful light\".\n\nThere is some evidence that, in general, viruses on surfaces die more quickly when exposed directly to sunlight. But we don't know how much or how long they have to be exposed for UV light to have an effect.\n\nAnd again, this is only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body.\n\n![](https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2\/grey-placeholder.png)![Getty Images Man laying on a sunbed](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1723E\/production\/_111928749_bb369a7a-2fe1-4e54-9081-e355136a810d.jpg.webp)Getty Images\n\nUV light won't make a difference if you're infected with the coronavirus\n\nBy the time the virus has taken hold inside your body, no amount of UV light on your skin is going to make a difference.\n\n\"UV irradiation and high heat are known to kill virus particles on surfaces,\" says Dr Penny Ward, visiting professor in pharmaceutical medicine at Kings College London. 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And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs.\"\n\nMr Trump suggested injecting patients with disinfectants might help treat coronavirus.\n\nUsing a disinfectant can kill viruses on surfaces, but this is crucially only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body.\n\nNot only does consuming or injecting disinfectant risk poisoning and death, it's not even likely to be effective.\n\nDoctors have appealed to people not to ingest or inject disinfectant, as there are concerns people will think this is a good idea and die.\n\n\"Injecting bleach or disinfectant at the dose required to neutralise viruses in the circulating blood would likely result in significant, irreversible harm and probably a very unpleasant death,\" says Rob Chilcott, professor of toxicology at the University of Hertfordshire.\"\n\nHe adds that it would also \"not have much effect on viral particles within the cells\".\n\n![](https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2\/grey-placeholder.png)![Getty Images Dettol disinfectant sprayed into sink](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/14CB4\/production\/_111927158_dettol.jpg.webp)Getty Images\n\nIt is highly dangerous to use disinfectants inside the human body\n\nReckitt Benckiser, a leading manufacturer of disinfectant products including Lysol and Dettol, has issued a statement in response to the president's comments. 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Boilerpipe Text	24 April 2020 Reality Check team BBC News Getty Images President Donald Trump has questioned whether injecting people with disinfectants and exposing patients' bodies to UV light could help treat the coronavirus. The Reality Check team has been looking into both of these issues. Claim 1 "I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs." Mr Trump suggested injecting patients with disinfectants might help treat coronavirus. Using a disinfectant can kill viruses on surfaces, but this is crucially only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body. Not only does consuming or injecting disinfectant risk poisoning and death, it's not even likely to be effective. Doctors have appealed to people not to ingest or inject disinfectant, as there are concerns people will think this is a good idea and die. "Injecting bleach or disinfectant at the dose required to neutralise viruses in the circulating blood would likely result in significant, irreversible harm and probably a very unpleasant death," says Rob Chilcott, professor of toxicology at the University of Hertfordshire." He adds that it would also "not have much effect on viral particles within the cells". Getty Images It is highly dangerous to use disinfectants inside the human body Reckitt Benckiser, a leading manufacturer of disinfectant products including Lysol and Dettol, has issued a statement in response to the president's comments. It said: "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)." Mr Trump has subsequently defended his comment claiming "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters." Claim 2 "I said supposing you brought the light inside 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... So, we'll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute - that's pretty powerful." Mr Trump has also floated the idea of exposing patients to "ultraviolet or just very powerful light". There is some evidence that, in general, viruses on surfaces die more quickly when exposed directly to sunlight. But we don't know how much or how long they have to be exposed for UV light to have an effect. And again, this is only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body. Getty Images UV light won't make a difference if you're infected with the coronavirus By the time the virus has taken hold inside your body, no amount of UV light on your skin is going to make a difference. "UV irradiation and high heat are known to kill virus particles on surfaces," says Dr Penny Ward, visiting professor in pharmaceutical medicine at Kings College London. But "neither sitting in the sun, nor heating, will kill a virus replicating in an individual patient's internal organs". EASY STEPS: How to keep safe A SIMPLE GUIDE: What are the symptoms? CONTAINMENT: What it means to self-isolate MAPS AND CHARTS: Visual guide to the outbreak
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The Reality Check team has been looking into both of these issues. ## Claim 1 ## "I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs." Mr Trump suggested injecting patients with disinfectants might help treat coronavirus. Using a disinfectant can kill viruses on surfaces, but this is crucially only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body. Not only does consuming or injecting disinfectant risk poisoning and death, it's not even likely to be effective. Doctors have appealed to people not to ingest or inject disinfectant, as there are concerns people will think this is a good idea and die. "Injecting bleach or disinfectant at the dose required to neutralise viruses in the circulating blood would likely result in significant, irreversible harm and probably a very unpleasant death," says Rob Chilcott, professor of toxicology at the University of Hertfordshire." He adds that it would also "not have much effect on viral particles within the cells". ![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/bbcdotcom/web/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2/grey-placeholder.png)![Getty Images Dettol disinfectant sprayed into sink](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/14CB4/production/_111927158_dettol.jpg.webp)Getty Images It is highly dangerous to use disinfectants inside the human body Reckitt Benckiser, a leading manufacturer of disinfectant products including Lysol and Dettol, has issued a statement in response to the president's comments. It said: "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)." Mr Trump has subsequently defended his comment claiming "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters." ## Claim 2 ## "I said supposing you brought the light inside 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... So, we'll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute - that's pretty powerful." Mr Trump has also floated the idea of exposing patients to "ultraviolet or just very powerful light". There is some evidence that, in general, viruses on surfaces die more quickly when exposed directly to sunlight. But we don't know how much or how long they have to be exposed for UV light to have an effect. And again, this is only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body. ![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/bbcdotcom/web/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2/grey-placeholder.png)![Getty Images Man laying on a sunbed](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/1723E/production/_111928749_bb369a7a-2fe1-4e54-9081-e355136a810d.jpg.webp)Getty Images UV light won't make a difference if you're infected with the coronavirus By the time the virus has taken hold inside your body, no amount of UV light on your skin is going to make a difference. "UV irradiation and high heat are known to kill virus particles on surfaces," says Dr Penny Ward, visiting professor in pharmaceutical medicine at Kings College London. 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Readable Markdown	24 April 2020 Reality Check teamBBC News ![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/bbcdotcom/web/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2/grey-placeholder.png)![Getty Images Mr Trump at White House briefing](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/FE94/production/_111927156_260d4933-34b7-4a1e-b188-db113a132843.jpg.webp)Getty Images President Donald Trump has questioned whether injecting people with disinfectants and exposing patients' bodies to UV light could help treat the coronavirus. The Reality Check team has been looking into both of these issues. Claim 1 "I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs." Mr Trump suggested injecting patients with disinfectants might help treat coronavirus. Using a disinfectant can kill viruses on surfaces, but this is crucially only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body. Not only does consuming or injecting disinfectant risk poisoning and death, it's not even likely to be effective. Doctors have appealed to people not to ingest or inject disinfectant, as there are concerns people will think this is a good idea and die. "Injecting bleach or disinfectant at the dose required to neutralise viruses in the circulating blood would likely result in significant, irreversible harm and probably a very unpleasant death," says Rob Chilcott, professor of toxicology at the University of Hertfordshire." He adds that it would also "not have much effect on viral particles within the cells". ![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/bbcdotcom/web/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2/grey-placeholder.png)![Getty Images Dettol disinfectant sprayed into sink](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/14CB4/production/_111927158_dettol.jpg.webp)Getty Images It is highly dangerous to use disinfectants inside the human body Reckitt Benckiser, a leading manufacturer of disinfectant products including Lysol and Dettol, has issued a statement in response to the president's comments. It said: "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)." Mr Trump has subsequently defended his comment claiming "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters." Claim 2 "I said supposing you brought the light inside 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... So, we'll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute - that's pretty powerful." Mr Trump has also floated the idea of exposing patients to "ultraviolet or just very powerful light". There is some evidence that, in general, viruses on surfaces die more quickly when exposed directly to sunlight. But we don't know how much or how long they have to be exposed for UV light to have an effect. And again, this is only about infected objects and surfaces - not about what happens once the virus is inside your body. ![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/bbcdotcom/web/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2/grey-placeholder.png)![Getty Images Man laying on a sunbed](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/1723E/production/_111928749_bb369a7a-2fe1-4e54-9081-e355136a810d.jpg.webp)Getty Images UV light won't make a difference if you're infected with the coronavirus By the time the virus has taken hold inside your body, no amount of UV light on your skin is going to make a difference. "UV irradiation and high heat are known to kill virus particles on surfaces," says Dr Penny Ward, visiting professor in pharmaceutical medicine at Kings College London. But "neither sitting in the sun, nor heating, will kill a virus replicating in an individual patient's internal organs". ![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/bbcdotcom/web/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2/grey-placeholder.png)![Banner image reading 'more about coronavirus'](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/B898/production/_111165274_cps_web_banner_top_640x3-nc.png.webp) - EASY STEPS: [How to keep safe](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51711227) - A SIMPLE GUIDE: [What are the symptoms?](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51048366) - CONTAINMENT: [What it means to self-isolate](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51506729) - MAPS AND CHARTS: [Visual guide to the outbreak](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-51235105) ![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/bbcdotcom/web/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2/grey-placeholder.png)![Banner](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/D7D8/production/_111165255_cps_web_banner_bottom_640x3-nc.png.webp) ![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/bbcdotcom/web/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2/grey-placeholder.png)![Reality Check branding](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/1848/production/_98761260_onlinebanner_976x280.jpg.webp) ![](https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/bbcdotcom/web/20260309-121341-5f81352518-web-2.41.1-2/grey-placeholder.png)![Presentational grey line](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/16C07/production/_87719139_line976.jpg.webp)
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