>>45451 This is weird. RJ Reynolds infecting tabacco plants to cure the corona virus? This came up when I searched Medicago & Corona Virus.

A new way to push cigerettes? WTF?

Reynolds American, the North Carolina cigarette giant behind the Camel, Newport and Pall Mall brands, is infecting fast-growing tobacco plants with a genetically modified coronavirus to see if they can produce antibodies for a possible vaccine.

It’s a decades-old idea Reynolds tried with limited success during the Ebola crisis in 2015 and could offset declining cigarette sales, new tobacco age restrictions and a possible menthol ban. Public health experts say the experiment, if successful, could be scaled up quickly to respond to an international outbreak.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/15/could-tobacco-cure-coronavirus-115329