>http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57248Q20090803?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=22&sp=true
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>Do they sell it here? :o)
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>Snippet:
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>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.
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>"We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whisky as a form of disinfection," VOB head Alexander Shprygin told Reuters.
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>"That should cure all symptoms of the disease."
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>I guess if you drink enough of it you would not feel the symptons of any disease... :o)

They're probably basing this on the fact that it tastes more like cough medicine than whisky :-}