[lizma2]

There was some reports early on that smoking was beneficial when it came to Covid.

Thought that was fake news. Maybe not?

[Freedom4US]

No, the initial reports sometime in maybe January or February 2020 were claims that former smokers were being hit especially hard all out of proportion and dying by the Chinese virus when they did contract the infection. I remember this vividly, because I wasn't sure what to do when my temperature was into triple digits.