Posted on 03/20/2020 5:33:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
People in Gulf country consumed moonshine after rumors it eliminates coronavirus
The death toll from consumption of toxic alcohol in Iran rose by 65 on Thursday, bringing the total to 180 in nearly two weeks, local media reported.
The development comes amid rising coronavirus cases and deaths in the Gulf country.
So far more than 17,000 people have been infected by the virus that emerged in China last year, according to latest figures by John Hopkins University's Coronavirus Research Center.
It has killed some 1,135 people in Iran alone. Of these, at least 147 died in the last 24 hours, as per Iranian state TV.
There were rumors across the country that alcohol consumption would help combat COVID-19. Hence, people started consuming moonshine in large numbers.
As many as 427 people were poisoned as a result since March 6, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
Of the total, at least 14 are in intensive care, the news agency quoted Mohammad Javad Moradian, head of Fars province's Emergencies Center, as saying.
The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited for Muslim citizens in Iran.
Under Iranian law, those who produce, buy or sell alcoholic beverages can be sentenced to imprisonment and lashing.
Meanwhile, the worldwide tally of the virus is past 219,000 with the death toll crossing 8,800.
Is this good or bad news?
So, the ones that come out of the other end alive will probably be executed because they violated muzzie law.
Bad
Are these idiots now going to be part of the WuHanFlu death count?
Their moonshiners aren’t very good.
Non-toxic alcohol is standing me in good stead...
I had been wanting to make my own moonshine. Then I heard a rumor that the 1st 20% of the liquid was poison. How do I know how much is 20%? And how do I test moonshine to see if it is safe?! Therefore, I am back to store bought. Plus, the idea that the mash has to sit for 6 weeks before the still gets fired up. It just sounds too dangerous.
They should procure their moonshine from Arkansas...good stuff.
I thought Moslems couldn’t drink......
They were doing it to cure Coronavirus.
The first pint/quart of distalltion is sacrificed to the fire.
No excuse. Stone them./sarc
I had one Persian Uber who was Christian.
Then I had another Uber driver who came here to visit his brother and converted. He couldn't go back.
Yes, if they can manage to get out, they don’t go back. that is because prior to the Ayatollah Khomeini Iran was a civilized country.
Yeah they should have just followed the asslatolahs advice and licked the shrine.
poison whiskey.
The History Chanel has run some really good specials on moonshining. The chemistry is peculiar and probably not known to many of the Iranian moonshiners. The first part of any run of raw alcohol contains toxic amount of methyl alcohol. Then, as the still runs, it produces ethyl alcohol, the stuff that’s safe to drink.
I also know several Persian Christians.
Maybe some of the more industrious Iranians could pirate some episodes of “Moonshiners”: and get some education to make hootch that won’t kill ya.
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