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Cannabis Use Tied to Increased Risk of Severe COVID
MEDPAGE TODAY ^ | June 21, 2024 | Elizabeth Short

Posted on 06/24/2024 10:16:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 06/24/2024 10:16:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Congested lungs due to #lungsedding aka #geoengineering


2 posted on 06/24/2024 10:19:37 AM PDT by TauntedTiger (If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
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#lungseeding


3 posted on 06/24/2024 10:20:08 AM PDT by TauntedTiger (If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
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To: nickcarraway

It also leads to 0 brain cells!!


4 posted on 06/24/2024 10:20:23 AM PDT by albie
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Deep State’s cool with this.


5 posted on 06/24/2024 10:21:31 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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They’ll have to smoke more of it to alleviate the symptoms. 🤪


6 posted on 06/24/2024 10:26:17 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: albie

Science is sure about that.

Alcohol doesn’t either but it does destroy dendtrites in the brain.

Dendtrites help to carry neurons(messages) to the brain.

Alcohol interferes with the brains ability to do that.

In AA we used to call people like this ‘’wet brains’’.


7 posted on 06/24/2024 10:26:49 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: mewzilla

As real freedoms decrease, pseudo ones increase. Bratish, stoned, dumbed down populaces are easier to control.


8 posted on 06/24/2024 10:29:04 AM PDT by MDLION ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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To: nickcarraway

Could it be because COVID is a respiratory disease?


9 posted on 06/24/2024 10:44:25 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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lol, dumbest “theory” I've heard to date concerning Covid.

If this was anywhere near accurate, I would be dead several times over right now.

10 posted on 06/24/2024 10:51:30 AM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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When it comes to marijuana and Covid, I trust my personal physician over some hack writer from something called MedPage Today.


11 posted on 06/24/2024 10:51:34 AM PDT by GSWarrior (Don’t ever tell me “it can’t happen here.”)
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I wonder if there are statistics for tobacco smokers?


12 posted on 06/24/2024 10:52:42 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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Back in 2021, there were studies claiming cannabis PROTECTED against COVID. While any type of smoking would seem to be a risk factor for a respiratory disease, the current state of research is a joke. You get the result you pay for...


13 posted on 06/24/2024 10:57:42 AM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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Cannabis use linked to worse COVID-19 outcomes
Stephanie Soucheray, MA June 21, 2024
COVID-19
pot smoking
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Cannabis use is linked to an increased risk of more serious COVID-19 outcomes, including hospitalization and intensive care unit (ICU) admission—similar to risks from tobacco use—according to a study today in JAMA Network Open from researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

As cannabis use becomes legal in many states and is used for medical purposes, the drug has developed somewhat of a “health halo,” with many Americans considering it healthier than tobacco or alcohol.

“What we found is that cannabis use is not harmless in the context of COVID-19. People who reported yes to current cannabis use, at any frequency, were more likely to require hospitalization and intensive care than those who did not use cannabis,” said senior study author Li-Shiun Chen, MD, MPH, ScD, in a press release from Washington University School of Medicine.

The study, based on outcomes among 72,501 people seen for COVID-19 at centers in a major Midwestern healthcare system during the first 2 years of the pandemic, offers an important take on the risks associated with cannabis use, especially in comparison to tobacco use.

Among the study participants, 51,006 (70.4%) needed hospitalization, 4,725 (6.5%) required an ICU visit, and 2,717 (3.7%) died. The average age was 48.9 years, 59.7% were female and 40.3% male, 27.6% were Black, and 69.6% were White.

In total, 68.8% had at least one comorbidity that was identified as potentially affecting COVID-19 outcomes, including obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

The authors found that, of the study participants, 13.4% currently smoked; 24.4% formerly smoked; and 9.7% reported current use of cannabis.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Cannabis+use+linked+to+worse+COVID-19+outcomes&rlz=1CAPUVO_enUS1052US1052&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


14 posted on 06/24/2024 11:01:05 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (If voting made any difference, they wouldn't allow us to vote! Our 6th Jan PROTESTERS stood up! )
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gain of function and bio-weapons research programs Use Tied to Increased Risk of Severe COVID..

Watch the Special Report tonight at 9pm


15 posted on 06/24/2024 11:01:52 AM PDT by algore
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I don't know what these numbers mean. Example: OR 1.80 (95% CI 1.68-1.93)....What is OR? 1.80 what units... miles per hour, kilograms, RPM? 95% of what? What is CI? 1.68 - 1.93 is what...range of something, increase in something, something else?
16 posted on 06/24/2024 11:03:03 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: Pox
I died several times . . but somehow I was resuscitated reincarnated . . and here I am now.
17 posted on 06/24/2024 11:10:31 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I was drowning in self pity until I bathed in the refreshing Lake of Respect.)
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To: jmacusa

I come from a family of alcoholics and I’m aware of wet brains. My beautiful, mother had to be carted off to the nursing home with Korsakov’s Syndrome, AKA wet brain. Yep, Slow Joe is almost that bad.

I’m not a drinker, but read a wonderful book”. Eat to Beat Disease”. by Wm Li, MD. He considers beer a superfood, as it cleans out arteries without raising your blood pressure, as wine does. I don’t like beer, but found one I can stand, drink 4 ounces per night. Hope I’m not frying my brain.


18 posted on 06/24/2024 11:20:56 AM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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I thought it was infringed citizens. #2A


19 posted on 06/24/2024 11:22:55 AM PDT by TauntedTiger (If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
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The right to infringe shall not be limited.


20 posted on 06/24/2024 11:24:53 AM PDT by TauntedTiger (If voting mattered, they wouldn't let us do it. Mark Twain)
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