Study Finds Smokers Less Likely to Get Coronavirus

Prompting this:  “…the researchers insisted they were not encouraging the population to take up smoking, which carries other potentially fatal health risks and kills 50% of those who take it up” (The Guardian).  Also complicating the things-we-thought-we-understood-about-COVID-19: a study claims two-thirds of seriously ill patients didn’t have a fever (ABC News).  

Add to that, a medical journal says closing schools may not be helping (The Lancet).  

But wait, there’s more!  The FDA says there’s no evidence you can get the virus through food. From the story: There’s still a risk of catching the bug when restocking your pantry. But you’re more likely to be infected by someone coughing inside the store than by touching your groceries, said Dr. Leana Wen, the former Baltimore health commissioner (NY Post).