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.
This is your typical worthless study by some Doctor looking for publicity or research money from the government.
You have ONE YEAR. You have 801 study subjects. You have NO other information except that some were taking a drug and some were not. You do not know why they were in the hospital, how old they were, what their health condition was or their health history.
This is typical of a lot of the so-called health breakthroughs you see on your local news, like “Red Meat Causes Colon Cancer” which is another one of these type of studies. These are Garbage period>