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Re:Low incidence of daily active tobacco smoking in patients... by downerending on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @02:33PM (#22937897)
This might be a joke, but I'm "addicted" to nicotine gum (and don't otherwise smoke). I probably caught the virus early on, and it wasn't particularly bad for me (even compared to typical flu).

That's not even really a single data point, but I'm curious to see how this pans out.

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Re:Low incidence of daily active tobacco smoking in patients... by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:07PM (#22938253)
> I probably caught the virus early on, and it wasn't particularly bad for me (even compared to typical flu).

Do you have reason to believe that, or were you sick in January/February and just kind of assume that was it, even though we were at the height of regular cold and flu season?

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Re:Low incidence of daily active tobacco smoking in patients... by downerending on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:15PM (#22938886)
Just circumstantial. I was knocked down with something I self-diagnosed as "walking pneumonia", which turned out to be the thing a lot of these cases were diagnosed as before the virus was widely known. Several days after a flight. Main symptom was lots of coughing and some fever. Felt better after 7-10 days, but coughed frequently for several more weeks. Not really the aches of flu, nor any nasal/sinus symptoms--just totally wiped out.

Until we have antibody tests, no way to know. And I'm locked down hard--not assuming anything.

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