Dozens in Iran Die from Drinking Bootleg Alcohol to Prevent Coronavirus Infection

Fox News ^ | March 10, 2020 | Danielle Wallace

[CheshireTheCat]

The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA, reported Tuesday that 44 people had died from alcohol poisoning in the country after they "drank bootleg alcohol over rumors that it would be effective in treating coronavirus.” But the semi-independent Mehr News Agency reported a lower figure – at least 27 people dying in Iran from alcohol poisoning amid the coronavirus scare.

[CheshireTheCat]

How many of the deaths from coronavirus are due to just plain stupidity?

[webheart]

Hard to believe even that story. Coronavirus is the most hyped story since O J Simpson. Even the Trump impeachment wasn’t given this much attention.

[Joe 6-pack]

Probably prisoners being forced to make hand sanitizer.

[steveo]

Had to be methanol sold as normal hootch. Proper distilling wouldn’t cause these many deaths. Oh well not crying.

[mylife]

Learn how to make Hooch Faisel!

[Old Yeller]

Any chance of getting some sent over to Pelosi and the she-devil? Neither one has ever turned down booze in their “adult” lives.

[mylife]

Surely you Tards can ferment some dates!

[xp38]

Who knows but at least we know hoarding toilet paper appears to be benign.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Don’t know. But this takes the cake.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RMGCharlie/status/1237342858102870017

I think a father is spraying his son with Clorox Clean-Up.

[Veggie Todd]

Sounds like their Dems are as stupid as ours.

[DoughtyOne]

Six people died in the petri dish "Diamond Princess".

Six, under the worse possible situation.

696 is now the count of people infected.

For this, some of us are willing to let the government do any dang
thing it wants.

Sorry, this FReeper isn't signing on.

[Hieronymus]

It worked. Those involved will not die of the coronavirus. Few treatments are 100% effective.

[Pearls Before Swine]

At least they didn’t rape under aged virgins as some Africans are reported to do to cure AIDS. Or albinos.

Actually hard to believe, as many professional Iranians I’ve met were intelligent and appeared to be same.

And, isn’t alcohol Haram? Maybe not wood (methyl) alcohol?

[wally_bert]

Send in the Iranian Untouchables!

[xp38]

I thought Islam (both varieties) banned alcohol. Making moonshine is risky if one doesn’t know what they are doing.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Chug! Chug! Chug!

[RubinBoomer]

Silly Mooooslims, don’t they know any better. Rat poison in high doses kill the coronavirus.

[Retrofitted]

No tears shed here, either. I imagine it's status quo over there anyway, since there is no "normal alcohol" in Iran; it's all forbidden.

From Wikipedia: "Alcohol in Iran is prohibited for Iranian citizens by law since the establishment of Islamic Republic government in 1979."

"Alcohol poisoning is quite common because illegal alcohol is often sub-standard. There were 768 cases of hospitalisation due to methanol poisoning in eight provinces in Iran over the course of 4 weeks in late 2018. 96 of the patients died."

[moehoward]

“It worked”

When you’re right, you’re right.

[griswold3]

Told em that using the still heads as hand sanitizer will kill you they just did not listen