Scientists are perplexed by the low rate
of coronavirus hospitalizations among
smokers. Nicotine may hold the answer.
Posted By: NorthernDog, 4/28/2020 5:13:39 PM
No experts are remotely advocating for people to take up smoking to prevent COVID-19, but some researchers have theorized nicotine may be playing some role in keeping the virus at bay, Vice reports. That's because there's a surprisingly low rate of smokers among coronavirus hospitalizations. In France, for example, 25 percent of the population smokes, but only 5.3 percent of coronavirus patients have been recorded as smokers, and studies have found low rates in China and New York City, as well. Greek cardiologist and tobacco harm-reduction specialist Konstantinos Farsalinos thinks nicotine (crucially, not tobacco) might be lessening the intensity of
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That's odd. Initially they were saying the majority of COVID victims were smokers. Now they say - Smoke 'em if you got 'em.