Now? Now I'm going to die because I quit smoking.....?????????? (hope not).
No, you won't! As I understand it, he speculates that nicotine may have protective qualities against coronavirus.
"...these consistent observations, which are further emphasized by the low prevalence of current smoking among COVID-19 patients in the US (1.3%), raises the hypothesis that
nicotine may have beneficial effects on COVID-19. This could be attributed to its immunomodulatory effects and its interaction with the renin-angiotensin system. However, other confounding factors need to be considered and the accuracy of the recorded smoking status needs to be determined. However, the results were remarkably consistent across all studies and were recently verified in the first case series of COVID-19 cases in the US."
If he's correct and it's indeed nicotine, we're getting it from
vaping. Too bad nobody's collecting vaping data...