Posted on 08/03/2009 11:13:55 AM PDT by RDTF
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian soccer fans have been told to drink whisky on their trip to Wales for next month's World Cup qualifier to ward off the H1N1 swine flu virus, the head of the country's supporter association (VOB) said Monday.
"We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whisky as a form of disinfection," VOB head Alexander Shprygin told Reuters.
"That should cure all symptoms of the disease."
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Well, nicotine sort of works...stimulates vagus nerve.
Physiology and immunology of the cholinergic antiinflammatory pathway
http://www.jci.org/articles/view/30555
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