Bill
Bee-L is supposed to be Informed Discussion. I stated that this was a hypothesis, that it was more than just the media "skip the Ibupropen", and that one should talk to their own physicians, which is exactly what you did. Therefore, I've accomplished my objective. It was and is not my intent to turn Bee-L into a Corona virus forum. This caution, with the caveat that it was still a hypothesis, was recommended by a prominent immunologist addressing a large, CA medical school, and it was also announced by at least some of the hospitals in Seattle at staff meetings.
Regardless, medical decisions should be made in consultation with one's own physician. It's a risk/benefit trade-off, and this virus has already removed a well-known D.C. beekeeper from our group.
Fortunately, I don't take daily doses of prescription ACE Inhibitors or ARB bp meds. My wife takes blood pressure meds, and she was glad to see that her physician had her on beta-blockers. With my arthritis, aspirin is hard on my gut, the acetaminophen doesn't work nearly as well as ibuprofen. Plus, acetaminophen can cause serious organ damage if used too often or at higher than recommended doses. I will think of switching when Missoula starts to get lots of COVID-19 cases, or if I get any type of fever. That's my choice.
Also, the appropriate answer to your comment about correlation is that the next steps would be to follow Koch's Postulates to investigate causation. I'm sorry, but I am not volunteering for that test.
We can end this thread. Jerry
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