Unfortunately, what the centre-page Beer Record Smashed At Munich’s Fest’s 200th Birthday (October 5) did not mention was that this year marked an increase in alcohol-related deaths, an increase in hospital emergencies and overwork for the Red Cross personnel at the site as reported on Italian television. This is the price paid for alcohol-related “feasts”, in Munich or elsewhere.

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