I appreciate your taking the time to correct me courteously.
Also--if I may be so bold as to ask--do you have any further information on the role of arsenic in the CFR for H1N1? I had read of such about a month or so ago, but have found no follow-ups.
I knew about the statins, but I am not on them...
Cheers!
I may have led you astray there. I would imagine a strong likelihood of lethal secondary pneumonia infections from novel influenza; however, these will be so horribly overwhelmed by the cytokine storm mortality numbers as to be almost unnoticeable.
Arsenic and influenza:
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/552624/
I would also add that there is a four-drug recipe targeting some of the major components of the (about 150) cytokine response elements, which may be enough to settle down the immune system until the threat is passed. Only one of the four is prescription, and it has an OTC substitute.
The first is an ACE-2 inhibitor, normally prescribed for hypertension. Its substitute is 15,000 IU of Vitamin D for two weeks.
The second drug is a Histamine-1 blocker. Ordinary Benedryl.
The third drug is a Histamine-2 blocker. Tagamet, usually used for acid reflux.
The fourth drug is Advil, Ibuprofen. It is a prostaglandin blocker.
Importantly, all four drugs have to be taken for the hoped for effect of stabilizing the immune response.
And, of course, the fifth drug, which is independent of the recipe, is a statin drug, such as Lipitor or Crestor, which according to data mining from a 16,000 person medical records sample group, makes somebody 40% less likely to die from Acute Respiratory Distress *and* Pneumonia.