Statins might help treat flu, study finds | The Columbus Dispatch

A new treatment for H1N1 might be on pharmacy shelves already -- cholesterol-lowering statin drugs such as Lipitor and Zocor.

[Guy Average]

This is great news for Big Pharma. The Left used to hate Big Pharma until they realized that if they could send enough taxpayer dollars their way then Big Pharma would support theri socialist agenda. Now the Old Media, the propaganda arm of The Left, is even giving Big Pharma free advertising.

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[Dave J]

Ms. Marchione's article may be accurate medically, but the second paragraph is lacking mathematically. Persons who take statins cannot be twice as likely to survive, because those who do not take statins survive 97% of the time. She should have said those who take statins are half as likely to die.