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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What's Biden hidin'? Biden team
won't let fawning media off bus
to cover his dog-broke-my-foot story 27 replies
won't let fawning media off bus
to cover his dog-broke-my-foot story 27 replies
It might be called a metaphor -- Joe Biden getting off to his purported presidency -- on the wrong, or broken, foot.
Which might explain why Biden didn't want to let the news get out.
Biden blocked reporters from taking pictures of him and his broken foot, something he claims to have sprained with hairline fractures while playing with his dog named 'Major.'
According to RedState, which has an excellent curation of various reporter tweets, Biden attempted to hide from press scrutiny of his condition, this time by refusing to allow reporters to get off the bus. Here's a screenshot sample
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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.