Claim: Taking statins cuts the risk of dying of Covid-19.
Fact-check: Study doesn't prove that statins 'cut' the risk of dying from Covid - Full Fact
Verdict: we do not know if this is true. a new scientific study found that people taking statins were less likely to die of covid-19—but it did not find that the statins themselves cut the risk.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-10-15T00:00:00