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    Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

    Phil Kerpen Retweeted Klaus K

    This is a surprising result. Smokers are far LESS likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 that non-smokers and it looks robust across countries. Why might this be?https://twitter.com/KlausKblog/status/1249048902495592450 …

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    Klaus K @KlausKblog
    Official French data on #tobacco smoking & #covid19 replicate the picture in China, Germany & USA: A remarkable low rate of smokers are hospitalised w/ coronavirus compared to smoking prevalence (France 23%). https://fr.calameo.com/read/0062175782dac24c23c92 … https://twitter.com/KlausKblog/status/1245544033272938496 … pic.twitter.com/8MMMfhriGx
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      1. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

        The US data from CDC is... well shocking. Almost literally unbelievable.pic.twitter.com/kwJr3RVWlg

        62 replies 312 retweets 683 likes
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      2. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

        Only 1.3% of U.S. COVID-19 cases are current smokers. Only 2.3% are former smokers.

        61 replies 277 retweets 671 likes
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      3. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

        Possible explanation? Nicotine lowers ACE2 expression. (SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 for entry into target cells.) https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295500/ …pic.twitter.com/Jg1u0ynUzu

        38 replies 242 retweets 694 likes
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      4. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

        Phil Kerpen Retweeted Leora Horwitz

        One major New York hospital system that has released its data has a lot more smoking than the CDC data, but notably they have the odds ratio for tobacco use at less than 1.https://twitter.com/leorahorwitzmd/status/1249319859378405377 …

        Phil Kerpen added,

        Leora HorwitzVerified account @leorahorwitzmd
        Male sex is still a risk for hospitalization even after adjustment: OR 2.8. Note what is not, though: hypertension (OR 1.2 not sig), COPD/asthma (OR 1.3, not sig), current/former smoking (OR 0.7). Don't understand the smoking results yet, looking more at this.
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        7 replies 39 retweets 152 likes
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      5. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

        Contra the theory above, a study from China finds higher ACE2 expression in smokers.https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.18.20038455v1 …

        5 replies 21 retweets 116 likes
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      6. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

        Question for the biochemists... *if* (big if!) there is a nicotine protective effect, is there an analog or derivative that could produce the same effect without the harms of nicotine?

        49 replies 32 retweets 197 likes
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      7. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

        Phil Kerpen Retweeted Trevor Sutcliffe

        Another more complex theory of the potential mechanism, this one more consistent with the recent study in China.https://twitter.com/TrevorSutcliffe/status/1249767401899454470 …

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        Trevor Sutcliffe @TrevorSutcliffe
        Replying to @kerpen
        Hi, Phil. I believe the explanation here is that the smoke itself causes the lungs to increase expression of mucus-secreting cells high in ACE2. ACE2 converts Ang-II (vasoconstrictive, pro-inflammatory) into Ang-(1-7) (vasodilatory, anti-inflammatory). https://twitter.com/TrevorSutcliffe/status/1245431205605953536 … pic.twitter.com/KTCvRUIN2n
        7 replies 33 retweets 104 likes
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      8. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

        Several respondents have pointed me to this paper coauthored by Dr. Raymond Niaura, Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at NYU. https://www.qeios.com/read/article/561 …pic.twitter.com/xd8JG8fs4C

        10 replies 19 retweets 72 likes
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      9. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen Apr 13

        Should note this disclaimer on the U.S. data from CDC. Let's see what the next update looks like.pic.twitter.com/0OTC8qzTNz

        12 replies 15 retweets 58 likes
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      10. Phil Kerpen‏Verified account @kerpen 7h7 hours ago

        Phil Kerpen Retweeted Klaus K

        There's a preprint on that French hospital data now.https://twitter.com/KlausKblog/status/1252418954435256326 …

        Phil Kerpen added,

        Klaus K @KlausKblog
        French study confirms world trend: Smokers 5 times less likely to be #covid19 patients. "Our study strongly suggests that daily smokers have a much lower probability of developing symptomatic or severe covid19 infection compared to the general population." https://www.qeios.com/read/article/569 …
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