5 Year-Old Nabulag, 300 Namatay dahil sa Maling Paniniwala sa Methanol na Umanoy Proteksyon sa Covid-19.

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Ibinalita ng Iranian Media na halos nasa  300 katao ang namatay at nasa mahigit 1,000 naman ang apektado dahil sa pag-inom ng methanol sa Islamic Republic.

Isang Iranian health worker ang nananawagan sa publiko na tigilan na ang pag-inom ng Industrial Alcohol dahil sa takot sa covid-19, na akala nila ay isa itong proteksyon.

Lungkot at awa ang nararamdaman ng naturang health worker sa kalagayan ng 5 taong gulang na bata habang naka intubate at halos diaper lang ang suot.

Ang nasabing bata, sa ngayon ay nabulag pagkatapos na ang kanyang mga magulang ay nagbigay sa kanya ng toxic methanol sa maling paniniwala na isa itong proteksyon sa virus, isa lamang siya sa daan-daang biktima ng epidemyang ito.

Ayon pa sa Daily Mail:

There have been a spate of fake remedies spreading across social media in Iran, where people remain deeply suspicious of the government after it downplayed the crisis for days before it overwhelmed the country.

'The virus is spreading and people are just dying off, and I think they are even less aware of the fact that there are other dangers around,' said Dr. Knut Erik Hovda, a clinical toxicologist in Oslo who studies methanol poisoning and fears Iran's outbreak could be even worse than reported. 

'When they keep drinking this, there's going to be more people poisoned.'

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. 

For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death.

The pandemic has swept across the world, overwhelming hospitals, crippling economies and forcing governments to restrict the movements of billions of people. Particularly hard hit has been Iran, home to 80 million people.

As of now, there is no known cure for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Scientists and doctors continue to study the virus and search for effective medicines and a vaccine.

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.

'It is rumored that alcohol can wash and sanitize the digestive system,' said Dr. Javad Amini Saman in Iran's western city of Kermanshah, where dozens have been hospitalized. 'That is very wrong.'

SOURCE: DAILY MAIL

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