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Alcohol
; 88: 29-32, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-650388
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread rapidly worldwide and led to the deaths of thousands of people. To date, there is not any vaccine or specific antiviral medicine that can prevent or treat this virus. This caused panic among people who try their best to prevent being infected. In Iran, methanol poisoning was reported and led to the death of hundreds of people in several provinces. The incident occurred after a rumor circulated in the country that drinking alcohol (ethanol) can cure or prevent being infected by COVID-19.
Subject(s)
Communication , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Ethanol/therapeutic use , Methanol/poisoning , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Poisoning/mortality , Solvents/poisoning , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Alcohol Drinking , Alcoholic Beverages , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks , Drug Contamination , Female , Food Contamination , Humans , Iran/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Pneumonia, Viral/drug therapy , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Poisoning/epidemiology , Poisoning/etiology , SARS-CoV-2 , Solvents/therapeutic use , Young Adult
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Prehosp Disaster Med
; 35(4): 464, 2020 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-221145