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It would make sense if smoking (the oxidants from smoke) kills the virus. However, once the infection actually progresses it is clear that smokers are worse off
by gregwebs 7y ago
It would make sense if smoking (the oxidants from smoke) kills the virus.
However, once the infection actually progresses it is clear that smokers are worse off.
https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/covid-19/covid-19-and-the-smoking-paradox https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/covid-19/covid-19-and-the-smo...
- raverbashing 7y agoActually in the article there's a different proposed explanation related to nicotine and its withdraw when in an hospital setting.
- gregwebs 7y agoThe nicotine explanation in the article discussion isn't actually studied, it is just pure speculation (which is fine, mine is as well). But there's no explanation why there's fewer smokers even though smokers have more ACE2 receptors. That's table stakes for having a hypothesis on this.