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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by downquark1
Ironic as smokers are strangely resistant to Covid
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Not so much...
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsu...us-and-smoking
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We have seen headlines in the news such as ‘Smokers four times less likely to contract Covid-19’ and ‘MORE evidence smoking may cut the risk of coronavirus’. It would be easy to think that smoking is suddenly a good thing for your health - but it still isn’t.
Smoking could make it more likely that you will catch Covid-19 and the evidence suggests that smokers are more likely to get seriously ill from it. That’s partly because smokers touch their face and mouth more, meaning that they can become infected more easily. And smoking damages your lungs, making you more vulnerable to severe illness from respiratory diseases including Covid-19.
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A study looking at 2.4 million people in the UK who used the symptoms tracking app found that smoking increases the risk of coronavirus.
A team made up of researchers from Imperial College London, King’s College London, and ZOE – a health data company that developed a coronavirus symptom tracking app – looked at 2.4million people, of which 11 per cent reported smoking. Smokers were 14 per cent more likely to develop Covid-19 symptoms, such as a persistent cough and high temperature.
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