Beware : Fake News /Rumor on CoronaVirus Killed 300 People & Put more than 2000 in Critical Condition

In Iran, A drug has done more harm than coronavirus. The name of the drug is methanol. It started with Fake News on social media. Separate posts claimed that methanol eliminates coronavirus. 

People started giving it to corona victims and the result has been that so far 300 deaths have occurred due to this drug. According to Iran’s media report, so far this drug has caused more than 300 deaths and more than 1 thousand patients are in critical condition. This is when drinking alcohol is banned in Iran. 

Methanol given to a 5-year-old Child, He Can No Longer See

According to a health care worker from Iran, a 5-year-old child was in front of me. He was wearing only a plastic diaper. After reading the false news, the parents gave him poisonous methanol. The child is now blind and cannot see anything.  

This Message is Going Viral

A message on Iran’s social media is going viral very fast. “According to a tabloid newspaper, in February, a UK school teacher suffering from coronavirus and others was cured of whiskey and honey , ” a message written in Persian said . Clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer and drink alcohol, this kills the virus in the body. ”

Over 2200 Deaths in Iran so far

More than 29 thousand cases of corona have been reported in Iran so far. There have been more than 2200 deaths. This is the highest death toll in any Middle East country. Major experts of the world say Iran is very scared, it is not talking openly on this matter before the election. 

 How does Methanol harm the body

Methanol cannot be inhaled or tested. When doing so, it slowly damages the body parts and brain. Symptoms like chest pain, visible eye drops, nausea. In a critical condition, the patient may go into a coma. Javed Amini, a doctor in Iran, says that drinking alcohol can sanitize and cleanse the body’s digestive system, a rumor. 

This would have Fatal Consequences

Clinical toxicologist Dr. Knut Eric Hovda has done research on the toxic properties of methanol. He says that the situation that has just been created in Iran will see its fatal consequences in the coming days. People who are still drinking methanol will have more poison. This does not eliminate the virus.