That paper uses computer models of protein interactions not actual ethyrocyte on vero 6 cultured COVID experiment. It's an interesting line of investigation but I want to see more in vitro and ideally in vivo findings supporting that before I believe it.

It seems super shaky right now, but it's definitely something I'd like to see investigated further.

Yeah, it's simulating protein-protein interaction. Very much bleeding edge of research, stuff like this needs biological validation before you should trust it.

Do you have a link?

This is the other article I saw cited.

https://www.cureus.com/articles/29004-acetazolamide-nifedipi...

so if it impedes red blood cells does this mean my gout is helping me out?

Could you explain the gout - bloodcell - lung damage connection to a non clinician? (me)

well actually it's only some sorts of gout, caused by Polycythemia Vera https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/polycythemia-vera/ "Gout and kidney stone associated with polycythemia vera occur due to the high turnover of red blood cells, which results in higher-than-normal uric acid production." So it overproduces red blood cells, and the parent comment said there was a theory covid-19 was causing a decrease in red blood cell production so I conjured the amusing scenario in my head of the two diseases fighting each other.

An amusing, non-serious, scenario.

I ask because I was recently doing background checks on a substance to mitigate nitric oxide induced lung damage (produced by damaged cells) which would work by by converting it to urea ... so maybe more than just amusing.

and for you https://monarchinitiative.org/disease/MONDO:0005571