I haven't had so much as a bad cough or runny nose, let alone get sick, since I moved to Oregon like 8 years ago (context clues.. lol). So I obviously haven't had Covid either, and I even have a bad nailbiting habit.
I don't mean "haha Florida man" necessarily, either, but it's largely sea level and firmly southern US
> On February 1, 2021, Oregon became the first state in the USA to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of all illicit drugs, following the passing of Oregon Ballot Measure 110 in November 2020.
While you were right to ask, my assumption was also right. I don't mean to belabor this; it was discernible in context.
I'll say it more bluntly, then. They were making a weird, stretched, assertion. Your question missed this/bought into it. Consider my first post a joke in poor medium/taste. Sarcasm doesn't translate well.
They confirmed one of your theories (and the one I felt comfortable going with/dismissing) in another comment; vaguely - amphetamines/stimulants.
My point is that it's none of the above. Viral things do better in 'the tropics' during viral seasons than broadly in the north. The drugs make one feel less of the debilitation. Truly ground breaking stuff.
It's a true mystery how communicable diseases do better in favorable and populated/traveled environments. Or how self-prescribing OTC 'analogues' may achieve similar effects. To be clear: /s
This is why I felt the question was silly. I hope that makes sense and clears up your confusion. I don't mean for this to be sour, or belabored... and yet.
This thread is unfounded/on the wrong track from the outset. Avoidable with a little bit of internalization for all three - the other, you, and me.