Alcohol Kills 14 in Iran in Misguided Effort to Kill Virus

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Fourteen people in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province died overnight from alcohol poisoning, the Fars News Agency reported Monday, as some turned to ingesting industrial-grade ethanol and methanol in a misguided effort to stave off the coronavirus tearing through the country.