[Raebie]

French researchers to test nicotine patches on coronavirus patients

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/french-study-suggests-smokers-at-lower-risk-of-getting-coronavirus?CMP=share_btn_fb

[LilFarmer]

Two cats in New York are first pets known to have coronavirus in the US

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/health/cats-new-york-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

[blueplum]

“The effect is significant. It divides the risk by five for ambulatory patients and by four for those admitted to hospital”

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I’ll take a wild guess. The nicotine monopolizes the ACE-2’s, making a ‘free table’ harder for the virus to find?
ok, another one - nicotine is a pesticide and adapts as a systemic pesticide - ivermectin is also a pesticide (parasiticide) so is nicotine acting in a manner similar to ivermectin?