[ExI] viruses

[William Flynn Wallace]

No aspirin.  Well, the fever is what the body does to kill germs, so
lowering a fever is really not a good idea anyway, right?  It's just for
comfort, until it goes to high, over 103 I think.



On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 5:50 AM Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 5:16 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> It is my understanding that your body kills a virus or the virus kills
>> your body.  There is only symptomatic treatment, right?
>>
>> So just how is corona going to overwhelm our health system?  People will
>> seek treatment but there isn't any - stay home and don't infect others.
>>
>> Plenty of fluids; aspirin for fever; supplemental oxygen for severe
>> cases.  What else?
>>
>> Who knows?
>>
>>
> ### NO ASPIRIN!!!!!!
>
> This is medical advice from me, a physician licensed in the states of
> Virginia and North Carolina - DO NOT self-administer ASPIRIN, IBUPROFEN,
> NAPROXEN and other similar medications if you suspect you have the Wuhan
> virus. These medications may be associated with increased mortality in this
> disease.
>
> Consult with your physician for suspected infection.
>
> Rafal
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