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The woman in the article had a severe allergy. Many substances far more commonly used than quinine can also cause life-threatening allergic reactions. It doesn
by lukev 9y ago
The woman in the article had a severe allergy. Many substances far more commonly used than quinine can also cause life-threatening allergic reactions.
It doesn't seem quite fair to criticize people for consuming a classic ingredient which is perfectly fine (well, as fine as any alcoholic drink is) for all but a vanishingly small minority of the population.
- gumby 9y agoShe did but quinine has plenty of other negative side effects. I wouldn't want to consume it chronically (notwithstanding grandmother' two-a-day regiment allegedly maintained from the age of about 15 to her departure at 96).