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Smokers more likely to express ACE2 protein that SARS-COV-2 uses to enter human cells - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-smokers-ace2-protein-sars-cov-hum
by sturza 5y ago
Smokers more likely to express ACE2 protein that SARS-COV-2 uses to enter human cells - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-smokers-ace2-protein-sars-cov-human.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-smokers-ace2-protein-...
They can't both be true
- DistractionRect 5y agoThey can. Smokers that contracted covid tended to have worse outcomes than average, but on average smokers were less likely to contract covid. Your linked study explored a possible reason for the former while this explores the latter.
- BurnGpuBurn 5y agoDo you perhaps have a source for this claim?
- dustintrex 5y agoIt's literally the first sentence of TFA. ...lower numbers of COVID cases have appeared amongst smokers compared to non-smokers, even as other reports suggest smoking increases severity of the disease.
- sturza 5y agoyou’re totally right, i missed that
- pazimzadeh 5y agoSmoke induces mucus secretion which can trap viral particles before they reach the epithelium