New meta-analysis of 18 studies finds that smokers are *82% less likely* to be hospitalised with COVID-19 than nonsmokers.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/20/7394/htm …
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Can you comment on a possible link between vaping & coronavirus?
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Ok, thanks!
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I'm a neurobiologist, so out of my depth re your argument. But ~30% of LIVING smokers have comorbidities that are serious risk factors for
#COVID19. The other 70% don't (yet). Important to distinguish risk of (a) infection, (b) hospitalization, and (c) sever complications.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Is that what you think huh? I'm old enough to remember when 'experts' had that thing called evidence. Desperate stuff.
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Wrong. That's not what survivor bias is and even the true definition of the phenomenon would not be applicable here.
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Antismoking bias is the real problem here. I don´t think it is reasonable to generalize the case of influenza virus -smoking is thought to suppress immune reaction, leading to worse outcome. whereas in case of coronavirus the serious damage secondary to excessive immune reaction
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