I recall reading and hearing early on in all of this that somehow nicotine inhibited the passing of the walrus (wirus) and it was mentioned in some interviews. Possibly due to the tar/mucus in the throat and or lungs?
Interesting, I just looked it up.. there is evidence of that.. I think it said that one possible reason could be that nicotine affects the ACE2 receptor in some way
I recall reading and hearing early on in all of this that somehow nicotine inhibited the passing of the walrus (wirus) and it was mentioned in some interviews. Possibly due to the tar/mucus in the throat and or lungs?
I just remember it because I smoke!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3163205/
and
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200430/smokers-hospitalized-less-often-for-covid-19
Thanks will refresh my memory.
Interesting, I just looked it up.. there is evidence of that.. I think it said that one possible reason could be that nicotine affects the ACE2 receptor in some way
Apparently it inhibits the S1 spike protein from attaching to the ACE2 receptor cell, why? I'm not there yet.