Thanks for expert explanations. Ethyl alcohol transitarily makes host cell membrane slightly rigid/less fluid, that may prevent invasion of pathogens and can thus prove as preventive medicine. Cheers!
Thanks for a reasoned answer. But how about membrane fluidizing omaga-3 or poly-unsaturated fatty acids as lipophilic nutritional supplements? Would they prevent pathogen invasion into vulnerable target cells or help in easy phagocytosis of pathogens by cell mediated immunity?