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| More studies point to nicotine as a potential therapeutic for COVID-19 |
| 2020-06-07 |
| [JPost] - Smoking may offer some protection against the coronavirus, an Israeli study has found. The results support recent similar findings by researchers in France, China and Italy, although a British study has found the opposite. Noting that conflicting reports exist regarding the impact of smoking on the likelihood of contracting the coronavirus, the Israeli team led by Dr. Ariel Israel undertook a population-based study pulling in data from over 3 million adult members of the Clalit Health Service, Israel's largest healthcare provider. Their results, presented in a non-peer reviewed paper published in medRxiv on Friday, found that "the risk of infection by COVID-19 appears to be reduced by half among current smokers." A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke! |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #2 The smoking/nicotine bit just seems so counter-intuitive. Belgians are big cigarette smokers, and they have the worst CV-19 per capita death rate. But, interesting studies in any case, and hopefully helpful. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-07 06:32 |
| #1 Doing an autopsy in Italy they found extensive systemic Blood clotting on CON deceased patients. Not a viral infection but bacterial. Changing protocols to 100 mg of aspirin and apronax and discharged 14000 patients within a single day. |
| Posted by: Dale 2020-06-07 03:37 |