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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 1 Apr 2020

    Paul Graham Retweeted Jason Sheltzer

    If you or someone you know had been meaning to quit smoking, now might be a good time.https://twitter.com/JSheltzer/status/1245015018627883011 …

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    Jason Sheltzer @JSheltzer
    New research from @joans and me on COVID-19: smoking triggers the expansion of a subpopulation of lung cells that express the coronavirus receptor ACE2. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.28.013672v1 … pic.twitter.com/uPlQaJKFbI
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      1. Fouad‏ @fouadtabsh 1 Apr 2020
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        Yikes

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      1. the snap, but for US politics‏ @ohlol 1 Apr 2020
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        pretty sure that's not how anyone decides to quit smoking

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      1. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 1 Apr 2020
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        Saw a couple illuminating graphics about what finally does people in is not the viral load but the immune response. Not an expert but I think knowing about this dynamic is informative.pic.twitter.com/P2prYKEwAW

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      1. Lord of Light  🌕‏ @djinnius 1 Apr 2020
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        Lord of Light  🌕 Retweeted Matt Might

        Or maybe it's time to start (please do not actually start smoking that would be silly)https://twitter.com/mattmight/status/1245133108019703809 …

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        Matt Might @mattmight
        So, this came out today from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6913e2-H.pdf … We tried to calculate risk for smokers (14% of the U.S. adult population) and then saw that smokers were only *1.3%* of reported infections. Assuming infections are random, smokers seem less likely to get infected. pic.twitter.com/mtLfUGBTXh
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      2.  🏛 Jay‏ @TheWickedChild 1 Apr 2020
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         🏛 Jay Retweeted  🏛 Jay

        Yes, most data seems to suggest a protection from smoking, albeit at increased infection risk. I guess why that is here: https://twitter.com/thewickedchild/status/1245271191788630023?s=21 …https://twitter.com/TheWickedChild/status/1245271191788630023 …

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         🏛 Jay @TheWickedChild
        Replying to @DrJulia_Simons @SJimons @cjsnowdon
        The data from China backs up a protective effect from smoking. I've been trying to understand why. If I'm right smokers would be more likely to get infected and less likely to die. The available data seems to align to this. https://twitter.com/TheWickedChild/status/1243507475594305536?s=19 …
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      1. joethong‏ @joethong 1 Apr 2020
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        this seems like a contradictory study to suggest smokers have lower risks.https://www.qeios.com/read/article/550 …

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      1. Rohit Raghav‏ @raghro 1 Apr 2020
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        And the right time to move out of the polluted cities as well.

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      1. David Johnson‏ @DavidJohnson_27 1 Apr 2020
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        When you can't leave the house!!

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      1. fabian.ai‏ @fabianstelzer 1 Apr 2020
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        Except that the exact same study shows a glaring underrepresentation of smokers in the patient pool, which is predominantly male and non-pediatric, so you would expect vastly more smokers. Maybe = ^^ ACE2 <> COVID19 is not entirely linear. https://twitter.com/fabianstelzer/status/1238469477370597376 …pic.twitter.com/45cTnI4Los

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      1. Bruce Marshall Law‏ @SwaggerO2Jam 1 Apr 2020
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        No way.

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