Aspirin lowers risk of Covid: New findings support preliminary Israeli trial

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No. Aspirin lowers the risks of COVID - i.e. once you get it. The "risk of COVID" means the chance of getting COVID, which this trial says nothing about.

From the study:

“Aspirin use was associated with lower likelihood of COVID-19 infection, as compared to nonusers”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33621437/

Whoops. From the submitted article:

“...they found that aspirin carried immunological benefits and that the group taking it was 29% less likely to become infected with the virus in the first place.”

Not sure how I missed that. Thanks for the correction.

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