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by justsomehnguy 1609 days ago
Current anecdata says what smoker's lungs are more 'trained' for an abuse so smokers are less susceptible for infection.

I find this slightly amusing, considering what there are multiple cases where otherwise healthy non-smokers have a very severe symptoms.

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My sense is that smoking is related to changes in ACE2 expression in the lungs, which would have some effect on CoV-2.