COVID-19 Digest: Do NSAIDs Make COVID-19 More Severe? (Recorded 3/30/20, 18:00 MST)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the past two weeks, warnings, questions, and misinformation concerning COVID-19 and NSAID use have been spreading...no pun intended..virally. The pace of this evolving pandemic and the equally quick pace of the news and social media news cycle have meant that information and misinformation travel equally fast. Today we bring to you the story of how a letter in <em>The Lancet</em> led to a world of confusion.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Host</strong>: Elizabeth Esty, MD</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Research By</strong>: Elizabeth Esty & Nathan Novotny</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Sound Editing By</strong>: Stephen Bahmani</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Time Stamps</strong>:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">0:00 - COVID-19 Statistics</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2:55 - <em>The Lancet</em> Letter: What Started the Rumor</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4:10 - ACE Inhibitors & ARB's</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">5:00 - What <em>The Lancet</em> Letter Got Wrong</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">6:25 - Treatment of HTN and DM in China vs. the U.S.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">9:13 - Do ACE Inhibitors Actually Increase ACE-2 Expression?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">11:00 - The French Ministry of Health and Their Warning About NSAIDs</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">14:09 - Misinformation in the Age of COVID-19</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">15:09 - Potential Harms of Tylenol Use</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">16:11 - The Need for High-Quality Science to Overcome COVID-19</span></p> <p><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><strong>References</strong>:</span></p> <ol> <li>Fang L, Karakiulakis G, Roth M. Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? <em>The Lancet Respiratory Medicine</em>. March 202