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If a person will smoke than what happened? does coronavirus attack on him
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
COVID 19 : Smoking affects the function of the lung. It does decrease your chances of a good outcome from any lung infection. It does not increase your chances of getting infections, just more chances of having difficulties with the infection. prevent getting infections look at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html stop smoking
Answered 1/5/2021
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COVID 19: Agree with Dr. Romano. Smoking does not likely increase infection rate. However, anything that compromises the lungs (such as smoking) can impact how well a person fights the infection.
Answered 5/20/2020
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