Is Alcohol More Dangerous Than Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Iran?

According to official statistics released by the Iranian Ministry of Health, as of April 8, 2020, a total of 64 586 people have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and 3993 people have died. [...]instead of ethanol, which has no effect on fighting SARS-CoV-2, a group has drunk methanol, wh...

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Published in:Disaster medicine and public health preparedness 2021-10, Vol.15 (5), p.e5-e6
Main Authors: Farnoosh, Gholamreza, Hosseini Zijoud, Seyed Reza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages
Alcohols
Bans
Conflicts of interest
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disinfection & disinfectants
Ethanol
Humans
Iran - epidemiology
Letter to the Editor
Poisoning
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Social networks
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Summary:According to official statistics released by the Iranian Ministry of Health, as of April 8, 2020, a total of 64 586 people have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and 3993 people have died. [...]instead of ethanol, which has no effect on fighting SARS-CoV-2, a group has drunk methanol, which is very toxic and dangerous. 3 Some people believe that since SARS-CoV-2 is sensitive to alcohol used for hand and surface disinfection, the same effect happens inside the body with alcohol consumption, and that the alcohol acts as a disinfectant inside the body, although this is a wrong, unscientific, and unhealthy misconception. Alcohol hoarding and rising alcohol prices (up to 5 times) were another problem. [...]the government zeroed the import tariff on alcohol, banned the export of alcohol, and sending it to other cities was also banned.
ISSN:1935-7893
1938-744X
DOI:10.1017/dmp.2020.110