So we’re studying increasingly more about COVID as we take note of long run developments and this bit of reports ought to stress pot heads out however you are in all probability too relaxed for that to be the case. I will share the findings with you anyway…
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A brand new examine reveals that one is extra more likely to contract a breakthrough case of COVID if they’re a daily marijuana or alcohol consumer. By the way in which, let me outline “a breakthough” case of COVID…a breakthrough case is when an individual who has been absolutely vaccinated, nonetheless will get contaminated with COVID after the 2 week mark of that second vaccination.
The Nationwide Institute on Drug Abuse funded the examine (which was printed in medical journals final week). They discovered that your odds of getting a breakthrough case of COVID is about 3.6 p.c with out drug and alcohol use however it rises to 7 p.c in case you do.
Actually, the examine confirmed marijuana customers are on the best threat for breakthrough instances with a 7.8 p.c likelihood of getting COVID. May or not it’s as a result of individuals are puffing and passing? Is it a chemical within the precise marijuana itself? We do not know the solutions to that but. Stress is clearly unhealthy for the immune system and marijuana reduces that, alcohol might as effectively (at the very least quickly) however perhaps there is a behavioral cause that individuals are catching COVID as soon as their guard is let down? In any occasion I simply needed to let the findings! Learn extra about that here.
