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Is wine better than hard liquor in protecting me against covid?
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COVID 19: Ingested alcohol has not been shown to have protective value against COVID 19 transmission. Disinfectants with 70% or more alcohol can be used to kill virus (not ingested).
Answered 6/14/2020
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