Answers.Body: <p>Unfortunately the short answer is: <strong>no</strong>. Alcoholic drinks do not prevent or heal, as stated by the World Health Organization on February 21, 2020, in a post on their Facebook profile (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/WHO/photos/a.167668209945237/2932800913431939/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source</a>).</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I guess Corona beer will not help either.
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Answers.Text: @KenGraham Yes, 7bridges Imperial IPA would be way better no matter what the emergency is ;) but - now serouusly - you know better than me how to deal with that tag :)
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Body: <p>In recent days there are so many messages spreading over the social media saying drinking alcohol kills corona virus in our body? Is this true? As far as I understand, using alcohol based hand rubes will kill the virus from the surface of our body and it won't work inside our body.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: No, that rumor is completely wrong. The alcohol based sanitizers need to be 70% to be effective. If you ever got the alcohol concentration up to that level in the body, you would be dead from alcohol poisoning.
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Comments.Text: Just as a point of comparison, here in the US you are considered legally drunk at a blood alcohol concentration of just 0.8%.
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Comments.Text: Please do not believe such fake scoops, there are other small things we can do to stay safe. In the case you think to be infected, contact a doctor, do not search for advices online. This public panic will be over ;)
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Title: Will drinking alcohol kill corona virus inside our body?
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ThreadText: # Will drinking alcohol kill corona virus inside our body?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-25)
  
  In recent days there are so many messages spreading over the social media saying drinking alcohol kills corona virus in our body? Is this true? As far as I understand, using alcohol based hand rubes will kill the virus from the surface of our body and it won't work inside our body.
  
  **Tags:** health
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: No, that rumor is completely wrong. The alcohol based sanitizers need to be 70% to be effective. If you ever got the alcohol concentration up to that level in the body, you would be dead from alcohol poisoning.  
  > **username_1**: Just as a point of comparison, here in the US you are considered legally drunk at a blood alcohol concentration of just 0.8%.  
  > **username_2**: Please do not believe such fake scoops, there are other small things we can do to stay safe. In the case you think to be infected, contact a doctor, do not search for advices online. This public panic will be over ;)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-03-28. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  Unfortunately the short answer is: **no**. Alcoholic drinks do not prevent or heal, as stated by the World Health Organization on February 21, 2020, in a post on their Facebook profile ([source](https://www.facebook.com/WHO/photos/a.167668209945237/2932800913431939/)).
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: I guess Corona beer will not help either.  
  > **username_2**: @KenGraham Yes, 7bridges Imperial IPA would be way better no matter what the emergency is ;) but - now serouusly - you know better than me how to deal with that tag :)  
  
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