Posted on 02/05/2020 5:55:59 PM PST by Libloather
Wuhan: A British man living in China’s Wuhan - the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, has made a startling claim that he defeated the deadly virus with ‘hot whisky and honey’. According to Fox News, 25-year-old Connor Reed, who teaches English in Wuhan, was diagnosed with the virus about two months ago. At first he thought it was a simple flu, but after he experienced difficulties breathing and struggled with a bad cough, Connor sought hospital treatment.
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“I used the inhaler which helped control the cough and drank a hot whiskey with honey until [it] ran out. It’s an old fashioned remedy but it seemed to do the trick.”
Talking about how the virus has impacted the city, saying Wuhan “is becoming a real ghost town. And there is no medicine or masks left in the pharmacies. If you go out without a mask the police will arrest you. The authorities are really worried about how to contain this and stop it spreading.”
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Bingo, there’s the rub. There are at least a few stories bringing the official Chinese figures into serious question.
Wash it down with na na na nine Coronas.
My Dad was a firm believer in a hot toddy for a cold and other like problems. His heated favorite was “Rock & Rye” whiskey fortified with honey. This “medicine” was given to young and old alike. IT WAS A GREAT CURE! YUMMY!
My wife believes in them.
If I am going to be sick I might as well be buzzed.
My 75 year old father, who has been sick all of 8 hours in his entire life, is a big believer in hot toddies at the first sign of not feeling well. I’m all for it.
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80 don’t EVER remember missing a day because of being sick AND that includes self imposed sickness(hangover—was a time I didn’t get ‘sober’ enough to get a hangover).
Had a hernia op in 1959 in Japan, and cataracts in 2007.
Guess time to get my post op checkup.
Got a buddy that really wants to see me come down with ‘something’ as every time he says he isn’t feeling good I taunt him with ‘Got that flu shot huh?’ Really does whizz him off that I don’t get the flu or whatever shots.
Grew up in a family of Mother, Father, 5 aunts and 1 uncle all RNs and never did really hear of ANY good MDs growing up...
I can’t even credit ‘booze’ for my good fortune as I haven’t had a drop for 30 years....
My last physical —before the Cataracts - which was my last— was getting out of the Navy and I sort of remember being handed a slip of paper with scheduled appointments etc which would stretch out a few days OR the ‘release’ form that would have you at the main gate almost immediately after signing..
Knock on wood....or something....
A few years ago I kept getting strep throat. Two rounds of antibiotics but it returned every time. So I switched to raw honey mixed with cayenne and raw chopped garlic. A teaspoon tip of it, slowly chewed, every couple hours while I was awake, for two weeks (I was better after 1 week) and it NEVER RETURNED in 4-5 years.
Current data indicates a fatality rate of around 2%. That is 20 times higher than the typical flu, which is why there is so much concern about the virus.
It has yet to work for me, but I keep trying;-).
You scared it away but good.
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Yeah, but the British spell “Whiskey” without the “e”. As does Japan and Canada.
Apparently, the ATF uses “whisky” in its definition, but allows the use of “whiskey” by distillers, probably bottlers, too.
In China, they have “baijiu” as a hard liquor, traditionally aged in clay jars.
Probably easier to get since he’s run out of whisk[e]y.
I got rid of a cold once by eating some real hot chili and sweating it out of me. So sounds plausible to me.
I can believe that since I'm sure no one has done a study on it.
I’ve heard 8000 dead this season from regular flu
When I was a little kid, that’s what dad gave me.
Not sure if it was to put me out of my misery or his.
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Sounds like a country western song.
I didn’t know a common man could get a good whiskey in China.
They’re hard enough to find around these parts, much less THERE.
This agrees with my Father’s cure. If he got a cold, he would consume large quantities of Cutty Sark. Worked every time.
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