Quote from: tvbcof on March 18, 2020, 05:44:43 AM

What I mostly do is to present ideas and links to information which a lot of people have not heard of. This is not because the information isn't out there, but it can be hard to find because there is a mainstream narrative which is heavily promoted and information that doesn't conform to the mainstream narrative is quashed.

Quite frequently, especially in the case of this section of the forum, "information that doesn't conform to the mainstream narrative" is utter bullshit and deserves to be quashed.

Though most of the time you do post conspiratard nonsense (which is par for the course in P&S), you are correct this time around -- to a certain extent. This one particular study did find a positive correlation between vaccinated individuals and coronavirus, however, they also referenced another study which showed no correlation:

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In univariate analyses, no association was found between influenza vaccination and single virus detection of RSV, adenovirus, human metapneumovirus, human rhinovirus, or coronavirus.

So the matter hasn't actually been settled if one were to look at this with any degree of objectivity.

With regards to your other claim, you provided absolutely no evidence that ACE inhibitors contribute to coronavirus cases, thus there was nothing to be censored.

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on March 16, 2020, 08:23:47 PM

The underlying mechanism being proposed is that NSAIDs and ACE inhibitors cause up-regulation of the ACE2 receptor, and it is this receptor which allows SARS-CoV-2 gain entry to human cells. However, there is also evidence that ACE2 exhibits a protective effect in ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), which is what patients with COVID-19 are dying from. The position statement from the European Society of Cardiology is to continue taking anti-hypertensive therapy as prescribed by your doctor, which I would agree with. However, unless you have a strong reason to be taking a NSAID (like rheumatoid arthritis, for example), I would probably be avoiding them and sticking to acetaminophen/paracetamol.

I would absolutely take the advice of a qualified medical professional (or group thereof) regarding this issue 100 times before I took the advice of a paranoia-driven armchair expert once.

It has nothing to do with Big Pharma and everything to do with common sense. Abandoning potentially life-saving medications for fear of catching the coronavirus is a nonsensical trade-off, and you shouldn't be promoting it as a reasonable idea.