Doctor makes shocking claim smokers were 'immune' to COVID and reveals bizarre reason why
Doctor makes shocking claim smokers were 'immune' to COVID and reveals bizarre reason why
Updated 20:16 3 Jun 2026 GMT+1Published 20:15 3 Jun 2026 GMT+1
The World Health Organisation advises that smoking can increase your vulnerability to coronavirus
A doctor has claimed that people who smoke were less affected by Covid-19 than non-smokers.
Dr Peter McCullough spoke to Theo Von on his podcast in a clip which has now started to again go viral on social media, and made the claim about coronavirus.
As many of us will know too well, coronavirus is a respiratory condition which has a more severe impact on people who are immunocompromised in some way.
This might include people with an underlying health condition, the elderly, very young, or pregnant.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has also highlighted that if someone does not have healthy lungs then this could also exacerbate symptoms, with smoking being extremely bad for your lungs, and as a result smoking making you more susceptible to Covid-19.
Smoking is bad for you (SimpleImages/Getty)
But despite this McCullough …