Originally Posted by
toomanybooks
I don't think "Asian Flush" is all that rare. I have a bunch of Asian friends who exhibit it when drinking. Wikipedia seems to agree.
I trained as a chemist and I seriously doubt that ethanol fumes from a mixed drink or beer can waft 10 feet and be inhaled someone with an allergy and cause problems. Come on.
Ink, "wood alcohol" is methanol, CH3OH. Bad stuff, causes blindness among other things. Would not be in drinks or vaccinations.
I know that as it is the methanol that bothers my wife. You are correct about the distance. If she is three or four feet away it does not bother her. And it is not in the injection, it is on the swab used to sterilize the spot of the injection. As to the Asian flush you are correct, it is unusual among the general population but not so rare among Asians. I should have been more specific and avoided the term "quite rare."