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		numpad0 on July 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Smokers quit in record numbers amid Covid fears Makes me wonder if tobacco in eras of tuberculosis improved chances of individual survival...

sudosysgen on July 16, 2020 [–]

Almost certainly not. Nicotine is known to downregulate the recptor that SARS-CoV-2 uses for entry.

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