inclusion criteria: * participants must be 18 years of age or older * participants must have a pcr confirming covid 19 status * participants must be classified as critical as per the fda evidence of critical illness, which is defined as respiratory failure requiring at least one of the following: endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, oxygen delivered by high- flow nasal cannula (heated, humidified, oxygen delivered via reinforced nasal cannula at flow rates \> 20 l/min with fraction of delivered oxygen ≥ 0.5), noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, ecmo, or clinical diagnosis of respiratory failure (i.e., clinical need for one of the preceding therapies, but preceding therapies not able to be administered in setting of resource limitation) * eligible for or already taking statin

inclusion criteria: * participants must be 18 years of age or older * participants must have a pcr confirming covid 19 status * participants must be classified as critical as per the fda evidence of critical illness, which is defined as respiratory failure requiring at least one of the following: endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, oxygen delivered by high- flow nasal cannula (heated, humidified, oxygen delivered via reinforced nasal cannula at flow rates \> 20 l/min with fraction of delivered oxygen ≥ 0.5), noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, ecmo, or clinical diagnosis of respiratory failure (i.e., clinical need for one of the preceding therapies, but preceding therapies not able to be administered in setting of resource limitation) * eligible for or already taking statin

inclusion criteria: - participants must be 18 years of age or older - participants must have a pcr confirming covid 19 status - participants must be classified as critical as per the fda evidence of critical illness, which is defined as respiratory failure requiring at least one of the following: endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, oxygen delivered by high- flow nasal cannula (heated, humidified, oxygen delivered via reinforced nasal cannula at flow rates > 20 l/min with fraction of delivered oxygen ≥ 0.5), noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, ecmo, or clinical diagnosis of respiratory failure (i.e., clinical need for one of the preceding therapies, but preceding therapies not able to be administered in setting of resource limitation) - eligible for or already taking statin

inclusion criteria: - participants must be 18 years of age or older - participants must have a pcr confirming covid 19 status - participants must be classified as critical as per the fda evidence of critical illness, which is defined as respiratory failure requiring at least one of the following: endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, oxygen delivered by high- flow nasal cannula (heated, humidified, oxygen delivered via reinforced nasal cannula at flow rates > 20 l/min with fraction of delivered oxygen ≥ 0.5), noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, ecmo, or clinical diagnosis of respiratory failure (i.e., clinical need for one of the preceding therapies, but preceding therapies not able to be administered in setting of resource limitation) - eligible for or already taking statin