Get the swine drunk

While the world grapples with a cure for the H1N1 swine flu, those in the trenches are coming up with their own solutions. Russian soccer fans, Reuters informs us, have been advised to drink a lot of whisky on their trip to Wales for the World Cup next month. “We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whisky as a form of disinfection,” Alexander Shprygin, the head of Russia’s supporter association VOB told Reuters. The Russian health ministry had issued an advisory against travelling to the UK because of the swine flu virus but, armed with the Shprygin Solution, it is expected that several hundred fans will travel to support the team.