This may be a joke comment - but this is not the idea of the study. From the introduction:

  the idea is to use alcohol inhalation as it reduce surface tension on the alveoli and markedly decrease sputum formation with improvement on oxygenation beside its cytolethal effect on virus lipid bilayer.

Yeah, next is to try something with a powerful light/laser!!!

Needles to say, injections are next.

He probably heard of a similar related trial in a meeting and interpreted it as a 100% cure, due to his chronic stupidity.