Yeah this was quite some time ago so idk if they ever figured it out but the numbers from China and then France showed smokers coming into hospitals at way lower rates. The numbers were so strong that France ended up running a study where they had people use nicotine patches because they were speculating that it could have been nicotine having some effect on the ACE 2 receptor or something. But I never followed it closely so idk what happened with that.
I'm pretty certain that smokers were among the first people eligible for the vaccine so i figured it would make it more likely for you to die from covid
My understanding about the smoking-rona link was that smokers still had worse outcomes than non-smokers, but that the difference was much smaller than expected which led to the speculation about a protective effect.
I don't think it was peer reviewed, and I'm not sure if we'll ever have a peer reviewed study on this, but every time I've seen any data on what percentage of people hospitalized with COVID are smokers, it's always way lower than the percentage of smokers in the general population in whatever country. It could be just shitty data collection, I'd be interested in seeing more detailed studies.
I read some studies where smokers were way less likely to be hospitalized with COVID than non smokers.
My bullshit pseudoscience for it is that the coating of tar in my lungs makes it a hostile environment for the virus.
weird
Yeah this was quite some time ago so idk if they ever figured it out but the numbers from China and then France showed smokers coming into hospitals at way lower rates. The numbers were so strong that France ended up running a study where they had people use nicotine patches because they were speculating that it could have been nicotine having some effect on the ACE 2 receptor or something. But I never followed it closely so idk what happened with that.
I'm pretty certain that smokers were among the first people eligible for the vaccine so i figured it would make it more likely for you to die from covid
I wonder if that’s just because I’m used to my chest feeling like shit anyway
My understanding about the smoking-rona link was that smokers still had worse outcomes than non-smokers, but that the difference was much smaller than expected which led to the speculation about a protective effect.
Pre sure that study came under fire recently for having links to the tobacco industry lmao
I don't think it was peer reviewed, and I'm not sure if we'll ever have a peer reviewed study on this, but every time I've seen any data on what percentage of people hospitalized with COVID are smokers, it's always way lower than the percentage of smokers in the general population in whatever country. It could be just shitty data collection, I'd be interested in seeing more detailed studies.