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No. Aspirin lowers the risks of COVID - i.e. once you get it. The "risk of COVID" means the chance of getting COVID, which this trial says nothing about.
by WalterGR 5y ago
No. Aspirin lowers the risks of COVID - i.e. once you get it. The "risk of COVID" means the chance of getting COVID, which this trial says nothing about.
- lborsato 5y agoFrom the study: “Aspirin use was associated with lower likelihood of COVID-19 infection, as compared to nonusers” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33621437/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33621437/
- WalterGR 5y agoWhoops. From the submitted article: “...they found that aspirin carried immunological benefits and that the group taking it was 29% less likely to become infected with the virus in the first place.” Not sure how I missed that. Thanks for the correction.