>> The study at a major Paris hospital suggests a substance in tobacco – possibly nicotine – may be stopping patients who smoke from catching Covid-19. <<
Wait... we were told from the Asian results that the reason the victims were heavily disproportionately male was that they smoked!
the study was that if you smoked it was harder to get but if you did get it the results were worse
so perhaps this is why they are trying in the nicotine patch