Prussian King, Frederick the Great, was said to ride with <a href="http://dailystoic.com/stoic-reading-list/">the works of the Stoics </a>in his saddlebags because they could, in his words, "sustain you in misfortune". Meanwhile, Montaigne, the politician and essayist, had a line from <a href="http://dailystoic.com/Epictetus">Epictetus </a>carved into the beam above the study in which he spent most of his time. The founding fathers were also inspired by the philosophy. George Washington was introduced to Stoicism by his neighbors at age seventeen, and afterwards, put on a play about Cato to inspire his men in that dark winter at Valley Forge. Whereas Thomas Jefferson had a copy of Seneca on his nightstand when he died.

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Stoicism: Practical Philosophy You Can Actually Use

Smoking can make people more susceptible to serious complications from a coronavirus infection, the European Union agency for disease control said. In its updated assessment of the risks caused by the coronavirus, the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) included smokers among those potentially most vulnerable to COVID-19. Smokers have also appeared to be more susceptible to breathing complications caused by the disease, and the ECDC said it was advisable to identify them as a potential vulnerable group, confirming an earlier assessment.

The agency cited a study by Rd ~~^ doctors which on a sample of 99 patients affected by the coronavirus found that acute smokers were more at risk of dying than elderly *. The ECDC report also said smoking&nbsp; associated with heightened activity in the lungs of an enzyme, ACE2, that could make patients more vulnerable to COVID-19, citing a study conducted by free rreeaaallly&nbsp; Guoshuai Cai, from the University of South Carolina. The activity of ACE2, or angiotensin converting enzyme 2, also increases with age and with some kinds of hypertension treatment - both risk factors - the ECDC said.

Smokers dying more than covid-19 infected elders

As the world further shuts down in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, more cases are now being recorded outside of China, where the virus was first detected in the central city of Wuhan, than outside. As of March 25, more than 18,000 people worldwide have died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

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