Fomepizole costs thousands of dollars and is often unstocked for that reason in many countries, although I guess it will become stocked in the US now. Dialysis machines are also in short supply. One mass poisoning event would overwhelm available dialysis resources in a state.
>>Bootleg brewers also sometimes add enough methanol to informally produced spirits to cause serious health effects.
> Again, as I said, someone intentionally trying to poison you.
No, someone in the supply chain making cash. Someone swapped in some 20% methanol and hoped it would go unnoticed.
You can cherry pick a study from Texas where there are hardcore home distillers, but that won't change what happens when a heap of amateurs across the country do it.
Eg Turkey https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11097313/
Also let's not ignore the toxic copper and lead in the moonshine. It is a persistent problem.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01960...
Obviously you are going to hold tight to your beliefs. Please spread them somewhere else.