Smokers quit in record numbers amid Covid fears

Re:Smokers quit in record numbers amid Covid fears by leafboi on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:37PM (#23853180)

I wonder if the opposite is true. If your VO2 max is really high what does it say about the mortality risk of Covid?

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Re:Smokers quit in record numbers amid Covid fears by throwaway43234 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:40PM (#23853213)

Nicotine has also been said to help fight the disease. French doctors have been given patches. Some study apparently showing smokers are 80% less likely to develop severe symptoms.

https://www.jpost.com/health-science/smoking-appears-to-prot...

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Re:Smokers quit in record numbers amid Covid fears by wobbly_bush on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:34PM (#23853796)

There is also this study which says smoking in young adult increases the risk of Covid progression - https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/07/418081/1-3-young-adults-ma...

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