Re:Autopsy Findings and Venous Thromboembolism in Patients w...
by elric on Friday May 08, 2020 @08:11AM
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In the general population? No.
You could give aspirin to the entire population to prevent heart attacks and strokes, and for every life you save from heart attack or stroke you prevent, you'll kill someone else by bleeding in the gut or brain. I don't know what the total risk of a severe outcome from COVID19 is, but the risk of serious bleeds on aspirin is 1/200. That's high.
Edit: I should probably add that the aspirin bleeding risk is not "1 aspirin out of 200 causes bleeding", but rather 1/200 people who are on daily aspirin to prevent heart issues will develop serious bleeding.
You could give aspirin to the entire population to prevent heart attacks and strokes, and for every life you save from heart attack or stroke you prevent, you'll kill someone else by bleeding in the gut or brain. I don't know what the total risk of a severe outcome from COVID19 is, but the risk of serious bleeds on aspirin is 1/200. That's high.
Edit: I should probably add that the aspirin bleeding risk is not "1 aspirin out of 200 causes bleeding", but rather 1/200 people who are on daily aspirin to prevent heart issues will develop serious bleeding.