I know this sounds like a joke but it's not. Didn't a study say that smokers where less likely to catch COVID or get affected by it for whatever reason. I swear I read that here in HN. Too lazy to Google it.

Edit: I googled it, because someone downvoted it me so I guess they didn't appreciate me being lazy.

https://www.healthing.ca/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus...

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200430/smokers-hospitalize...

> "One hypothesis is that nicotine, which has anti-inflammatory properties, may interfere with the way that COVID-19 causes an overreaction of the immune system."

...there are downvotes in HN!?

There are tons of hidden HN features unlocked at different thresholds. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

501 karma for downvoting