For most people, the statins do not affect the liver. For a subset, it causes liver inflamation, which if detected and the medication is stopped, is reversable.
Also, once again we need to emphasize that people do not get hospitalized and/or die from “influenza” per se. Patients are (largest group by far statistically IIRC) admitted and later die due to respiratory/pulmonary distress/failure from (bacterial) pneumonia.
I can believe that statins in the system do boost a person’s ability to withstand the effects of bacterial pneumonia.
*** to re-emphasize — this H1N1A SOI is NOT a powerful people killer.