BTW, I’m not disagreeing with baby aspirin, I’m genuinely curious. I just realized I sounded dismissive.
“Now research indicates aspirin – a cheap, over-the-counter drug – may help COVID patients survive by helping to prevent those blood clots.....
Researchers examined 412 patients who had coronavirus, according to the study published in Anesthesia and Analgesia. The study said 98 of those patients received aspirin a week before hospital admission, or within 24 hours of admission. The others didn’t.
The patients given aspirin were 43% less likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), 44% less likely to be placed on mechanical ventilation, and 47% less likely to die in the hospital, the study concluded, according to a news release from the medical school.”
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201105/researchers-say-aspirin-may-help-covid-patients
“Aspirin is widely used to prevent blood clots in many other conditions, including heart attack, stroke, and pre-eclampsia in pregnant women,” said Prof Martin Landray, co-chief investigator of the trial.
“But enrolling patients in a randomised trial such as Recovery is the only way to assess whether there are clear benefits for patients with Covid-19 and whether those benefits outweigh any potential side-effects such as the risk of bleeding.”
At least 2,000 patients are expected to get 150mg of aspirin daily along with the usual regimen. Data from those patients will be compared with at least 2,000 other patients who receive the standard Covid-19 treatment on its own.