I read the Washington case report and they indicated his fever was medicated the entire time he was in hospital. I know from limited experience that the first thing emergency rooms do with someone who has a fever is give them a fever reducing med. I also know 95%+ of people medicate a fever at home, so I would guess that most people are as a standard of practice reducing their fever during early symptoms.

I question if we have outcomes of unmedicated fever vs medicated fever because I believe most outcomes are with fever medicated at some point at this time.

China is apparently banning the sale of fever reducing meds in some areas. My assumption was that they wanted to make it difficult for citizens to hide their fevers - but perhaps there could be more to it? (Or it could be complete fiction as well- but it merits consideration.)

Also circling back to the patent I linked to previously for Griffithsin - is this or other mannose-bonding lectin containing compounds being considered as possible prevention of severe disease?