#COPD

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

This is a surprising result. Smokers are far LESS likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 that non-smokers and it looks robust across countries.Why might this be?https://twitter.com/KlausKblog/status/1249048902495592450 The US data from

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

My mom got a pulse oximeter.She asked me to put a mask on and check to see how my blood oxygen lowers.I put a mask on at 98% oxygenation, and

Derek Bond

derekbond

Fatima used to dance around the kitchen with her mum, and begged to join the dance class at school. Soon she was dancing everywhere - down the street, up the

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

Possible explanation? Nicotine lowers ACE2 expression. (SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 for entry into target cells.)https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295500/ One major New York hospital system that has released its data has a lot more smoking

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Fungasm

Hey yo. Time to re-address some shit that's been goin on. Hopfully for the last time. So there's been a resurgence of my call-out from about 2 years ago now.

Leah

leah_c86

Got a lot to say about this so I’m going to say it as usual. I’ve seen a few comments under this an other breaking news tweets about this specific

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

Only 1.3% of U.S. COVID-19 cases are current smokers. Only 2.3% are former smokers. Possible explanation? Nicotine lowers ACE2 expression. (SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 for entry into target cells.)https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295500/ One major

Anand Swaminathan

EMSwami

Reflections from #COVID19 nights- SARS-CoV2 continues to confound, humble + amaze- Seeing lots of arterial clots - ischemic limbs, strokes, MI w/o CAD- Re-emergence of non-COVID pts w/ surge waning

Digital Soldier

peatapann

@DrJudyAMikovits "It's very clear this virus was manipulated and studied in a lab, the virus didn't jump directly to humans from a bat, that's not how it works, that's accelerated

Ryan Linn Brown 🌻

ryanlinnbrown

today marks a year of missing my dad’s warmth and feeling a lifetime of gratitude that we got to overlap in our time on this planet & even better, that

Taylor Henderson

TayHen123

Hey, if you have Asthma, Coronavirus, or any condition that makes it difficult for you to breath... Here are some links to some videos you should check out (I'm not

Dr Nick Crombie

DrNickCrombie

An Anaesthetist explaining how stuff works: a thread.....There has been a lot on Twitter about whether wearing masks reduce your oxygen levels. Some of it, depressingly, from people who should

Lawrence H. Summers

LHSummers

I have a Viewpoint out in JAMA with my colleague @Cutler_econ – The COVID-19 Pandemic and the $16 Trillion Virus. It is particularly relevant today https://ja.ma/3diC0U9 1/13 We estimate the

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

Albumin is the most prevalent protein in human blood. It's also huge, and shouldn't leak from healthy endothelium. But it is also a sponge in the sense it can bind

Sachin M. Shetty MD

sachinmshetty

(1/n)There is a mischievous msg being circulated saying the death rate (other than #COVID19) has come down everywhere now that Drs have closed outpatient. As a Dr., I’m happy if

Stephanie Ruiz

StephanieRuiz03

Let's say you woke up with a terrible cough, a fever, and severe body aches. Immediately, you rush to the doctor and unfortunately, you’re diagnosed with COVID-19. For the last