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No, that appears to be a myth. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-021-00223-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-021-00223-1 > To date, there is no st
by _kst_ 5y ago
No, that appears to be a myth.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-021-00223-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41533-021-00223-1
> To date, there is no strong evidence (i.e., evidence based on causal research) that smokers are protected against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Moreover, there is growing evidence that smokers have worse outcomes after contracting the virus than non-smokers.
- buescher 5y agoThat's an example of the "fits". Lots of data, replicated across the world, but plainly it suggests something unacceptable so it is not evidence.
- rackjack 5y agoCan you provide some links to the data? edit: Oh, I see the link you posted below. edit: That's a link to an ongoing clinical study, no published data yet. Can you provide some links to the data?
- buescher 5y agoRead the Nature article; it cites a large number of studies and dismisses them.
- rackjack 5y agoInteresting. Just intuitively I bet the cons of smoking outweigh any benefits, but now I'm curious as to the outcome of the nicotine trial. Thanks for sharing the smoking-COVID rumor, I'd never heard that one before.
- nradov 5y agoThere was at least one study in France showing that smokers had a lower risk from COVID-19. (I'm not recommending smoking.) https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article/23/8/1398/6073671 https://academic.oup.com/ntr/article/23/8/1398/6073671