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Re:Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early Covid-19 by z80x86 on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:28AM (#29022390)
> A cheap antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19 in a study hunting for existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat coronavirus.

You’re right to be suspicious; data dredging 101.

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Re:Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early Covid-19 by shapefrog on Thursday October 28, 2021 @04:31AM (#29023727)
Astham went from being a risk factor to a risk reduction factor. Smoking likewise, we are even at the point where One study suggests this could be because nicotine interferes with ACE2 receptors, which may prevent the virus from entering cells.

Why isnt everyone having a cigarette each day to interfere with the ACE2 receptors?

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