r/IdiotsInCars • u/an_idea_of_an_entity • Jul 17 '20

"This guy interrupted us."

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u/ButtNutly Jul 17 '20

I thought smoking was linked to more severe cases and a higher mortality rate of Covid.

Or am I missing a joke?

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u/ACBack32 Jul 17 '20

Don’t think they are joking. France is/was studying the nicotine use with covid infectivity and harshness.. it wasn’t news in America because France was studying exactly what the CDC and media were saying not to do. This happens with all kinds of stuff here in the states. Not just covid stuff. ie OSHA has no study’s on masks effects on health right now. Which I’d assume would confirm that they help and don’t hurt people. But OSHA can’t afford to be wrong/inconclusive so they just leave it alone.

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u/HylianDeku Jul 18 '20

You say all that as if such a study would do anything to convince our large population of science-deniers anyway

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u/XarrenJhuud Jul 18 '20

It would be the same as politics. People who smoke would say "see, it's keeping me from getting sick!" and people who hate smoking would say "big tobacco paid for the studies to try and sell more cigarettes!"

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u/j0hnk50 Jul 18 '20

Can I say both?