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Serious covid complications seem to be the result of inflammation on organs, and nicotine is an immunosuppressant. The only episode of Dr. House where it was actually sarcoidosis, the patient had just quit chewing tobacco, so at least doctors on TV have known for decades. (Sarcoidosis is condition where your organs get inflamed very similarly to covid.) Notably, HCQ is also an effective treatment for sarcoidosis.

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>The only episode of Dr. House where it was actually sarcoidosis

Thank you for this comment. It seems like every episode has a moment where they say, "Sarcoidosis? Porphyria? Lupus?"

I saw an episode of a TV series about a small-town GP recently where in the end it turned out to actually be porphyria. guess he didn't watch enough Dr. House...

I'm pretty sure Lupus was a running joke, almost every episode they would say "It could be Lupus" and it was never Lupus

Its never Lupus

Nicotine, like caffeine, is a vasoconstrictor, which is part of the addiction characteristics. Don't drink your coffee and you get a headache due to swelling.

I assume they put smokers on nicotine patches when they are in the ICU for COVID, yeah? Otherwise that's a double whammy of inflammation.

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