CDC: 'coronavirus is inevitable.' Trump: 'not inevitable.'

Right. And the proposed mechanism of action is to restore the delicate balance between ACE and ACE2 in a situation where the ACE2 is virus-bound or otherwise exogenously down-regulated.

I’d imagine that if pulmonary hypertension is part of the disease process, that sildenafil or tadalafil might also be protective, but ‘stands to reason’ doesn’t count for much in biology.

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