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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by emersonrsantos on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @01:00AM (#23767018)
Is this why they say nicotine may be a protective drug?

Cigarette smoking products suppress anti-viral effects of Type I interferon via phosphorylation-dependent downregulation of its receptor - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2567056/

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Re:Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke ... by Scoundreller on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @09:51AM (#23769854)
It might be the smoke and not the nicotine.

Lots of non-smoking methods of getting nicotine that may not help.

And lots of ways of breathing in smoke that don’t involve nicotine.

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