The great Covid and smoking cover-up?
Author compiled a lot of studies on his web log: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;08&#x2F;smoking-and-covid-19-new-evidence-update.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;08&#x2F;smoking-and...</a><p>The studies do appear to show that smoking cigarettes is correlated with a lower probability of getting the Covid, for a lot of different definitions of &quot;getting the Covid.&quot;<p>They also appear to be, by eyeball aggregate, inconclusive as to whether the risk of dying from the Covid is higher or lower for smokers: it&#x27;s certainly worse to be a smoker than not if you <i>do</i> catch the Covid.<p>Smoking also has some other bad health effects. I feel like that&#x27;s pretty well-understood these days. I know these things; I was a smoker; I still am a smoker. I would not recommend taking up a cigarette habit just because of the Covid. Doesn&#x27;t seem to cut down on the risk of dying from the Covid, still increases the risks of having bad health effects from everything else that&#x27;s harmful about smoking.