04-28-2020, 07:12 PM
** 28-Apr-2020 World View: Hundreds of Iranians poison themselves with ethanol to cure coronavirus
Iran's Health Ministry on state TV is reporting that over 5,000 people
have been poisoned by taking methanol alcohol between February 20 and
April 7, falsely believing that it cures Wuhan Coronavirus sickness.
Over 700 have been killed by drinking methanol, and about 90 people
have lost their eyesight or are suffering eye damage from the alcohol
poisoning.
Methanol cannot be smelled or tasted in drinks. It causes delayed
organ and brain damage. Symptoms include chest pain, nausea,
hyperventilation, blindness and even coma.
Iran mandates that manufacturers of toxic methanol must add an
artificial color to their products so the public can tell it apart
from ethanol, which is far less toxic.
The part of this story that really blew my mind is that bootleggers in
Iran have found a way around that problem. They add a little bleach
to the colored methanol, to mask the color. So now, Iranians are
drinking toxic methanol mixed in with a bit of toxic bleach. Yuk.
Iran is one screwed up country.
Iran is one of the hardest hit countries in the world from Covid-19.
That's because they didn't want to insult their Chinese masters by
shutting down travel from China, at a time when many other countries
were doing so. Iran has 92,500 confirmed cases and almost 6,000
deaths.
John Xenakis is author of: "World View: Iran's Struggle for Supremacy
-- Tehran's Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle East"
(Generational Theory Book Series, Book 1) Paperback: 153 pages, over
100 source references, $7.00
https://www.amazon.com/World-View-Suprem...732738610/
---- Sources:
-- False belief that methanol cures virus has killed over 700 in Iran
https://www.timesofisrael.com/false-beli...0-in-iran/
(AP, 27-Apr-2020)
-- Iran’s Rouhani Says Excessive Fear Worse than Coronavirus
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/...oronavirus
(Asharq Al-Awsat, Saudi Arabia, 28-Apr-2020)
-- Iran Arrests Editor, Journalist Over Cartoon Mocking Khamenei
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-arrests-edi...81070.html
(RFERL, 28-Apr-2020)
Iran's Health Ministry on state TV is reporting that over 5,000 people
have been poisoned by taking methanol alcohol between February 20 and
April 7, falsely believing that it cures Wuhan Coronavirus sickness.
Over 700 have been killed by drinking methanol, and about 90 people
have lost their eyesight or are suffering eye damage from the alcohol
poisoning.
Methanol cannot be smelled or tasted in drinks. It causes delayed
organ and brain damage. Symptoms include chest pain, nausea,
hyperventilation, blindness and even coma.
Iran mandates that manufacturers of toxic methanol must add an
artificial color to their products so the public can tell it apart
from ethanol, which is far less toxic.
The part of this story that really blew my mind is that bootleggers in
Iran have found a way around that problem. They add a little bleach
to the colored methanol, to mask the color. So now, Iranians are
drinking toxic methanol mixed in with a bit of toxic bleach. Yuk.
Iran is one screwed up country.
Iran is one of the hardest hit countries in the world from Covid-19.
That's because they didn't want to insult their Chinese masters by
shutting down travel from China, at a time when many other countries
were doing so. Iran has 92,500 confirmed cases and almost 6,000
deaths.
John Xenakis is author of: "World View: Iran's Struggle for Supremacy
-- Tehran's Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle East"
(Generational Theory Book Series, Book 1) Paperback: 153 pages, over
100 source references, $7.00
https://www.amazon.com/World-View-Suprem...732738610/
---- Sources:
-- False belief that methanol cures virus has killed over 700 in Iran
https://www.timesofisrael.com/false-beli...0-in-iran/
(AP, 27-Apr-2020)
-- Iran’s Rouhani Says Excessive Fear Worse than Coronavirus
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/...oronavirus
(Asharq Al-Awsat, Saudi Arabia, 28-Apr-2020)
-- Iran Arrests Editor, Journalist Over Cartoon Mocking Khamenei
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-arrests-edi...81070.html
(RFERL, 28-Apr-2020)
