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Hundreds dead in Iran after consuming methanol thinking it was coronavirus protection
Fox News ^ | 03/27/2020 | Peter Aitken

Posted on 03/27/2020 6:53:18 AM PDT by Olog-hai

More than 300 people have died and a further 1,000 have fallen ill in Iran after consuming methanol in the belief that it will protect them against the coronavirus, according to local media.

Fake remedies have spread across Iranian social media, with methanol simply the latest supposed cure. As an Islamic nation, the consumption of alcohol is banned, but bootleggers have distributed industrial alcohol.

“Other countries have only one problem, which is the new coronavirus pandemic,” said Dr. Hossein Hassanian, an adviser to Iran’s Health Ministry who claimed that the problem could be more severe than reported. “We have to both cure the people with the alcohol poisoning and also fight the coronavirus.”

The government downplayed the crisis ahead of a parliamentary election, leaving the Iranian people with little trust in their lawmakers. …

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; iran; iraq; kungflu; methanol; moogoogaipandemic; q; qanon; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; rop; wuhanvirus
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To: Olog-hai

Do they offer group darwin awards?


41 posted on 03/27/2020 8:30:29 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: cranked

No shortage of dumbasses anywhere.


42 posted on 03/27/2020 8:31:21 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Olog-hai

Licking statues. Spitting in drinks. Consuming methanol. Stuck on stupid.


43 posted on 03/27/2020 8:55:53 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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To: Olog-hai

When I distilled my own I removed the first ounce or two per gallon of product being distilled. To put in my gas tank of course. Ahem.


44 posted on 03/27/2020 9:11:04 AM PDT by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: sphinx
Actually, the best protection is bacon, but the mullahs don’t want anyone to know that.

Cool! I'm good then. :)

45 posted on 03/27/2020 9:12:23 AM PDT by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: Olog-hai

I used to distill a bit and anyone who does (for the gas tank of course) knows the first ounce per gallon of product is methanol. While it’s okay for your gas tank; it’s not okay for human consumption (obviously) so it must be removed at the beginning of the distillation process just in case someone “accidentally” drinks the end product.


46 posted on 03/27/2020 9:15:36 AM PDT by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: Olog-hai

I’ve been reporting tons of miracle cure ads to FB. scams deluxe. Not all are Virus related, most diabetes.


47 posted on 03/27/2020 10:01:42 AM PDT by GailA (I'm a Trump Girl)
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To: Olog-hai
...thinking it was coronavirus protection

Well if you're dead you won't catch it so in a way it is a coronavirus protection.

48 posted on 03/27/2020 10:03:05 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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...thinking it was coronavirus protection

Well if you're dead you won't catch it so in a way it is a coronavirus protection.

49 posted on 03/27/2020 10:04:59 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Olog-hai

How did the Persian culture persist for millenia? Surely they haven’t been thinking like this all along.


50 posted on 03/27/2020 10:55:34 AM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: married21

Nope; only from 1979 onwards.


51 posted on 03/27/2020 11:46:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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