the use of aspirin (and possibly a lack of vit c) killed the Spanish flu folks. They took ‘em by the handful. Suppressed fever allowed the virus to run rampant, aspirin inhibited mucus clearance, aspirin overdose thinned blood resulted in ARDS, cardiac and kidney issues, and the more aspirin they took, the faster it was over. (hm..sounds familiar)
The admitted patients in Wuhan were given antibotics (which wiped out their good bacteria) and vitamin shots - one or both in an IV. SOP for Chinese for some crazy reason, but the combo thins the blood and kills half the body’s natural defenses. I don’t know if they suppressed the fever, but with two strikes they didn’t get off to a good start imo.
When the patient in Washington state (the one in the NEJM paper) developed pneumonia initially, we started him off on IV vancomycin and supplemental O2. That literally did nothing and the next day he was way worse. He got the gilead compound via IV and within 24 hours no longer had to have supplemental O2
Yeah, I always wonder about Dr’s prescribing antibiotics for colds.