Idle hypothesis: If metabolic syndrome makes one more vulnerable to covid-19 via insulin resistance reducing the ability of the immune system to leverage insulin action, then perhaps giving insulin could be an acute (but not chronic) win.

Related: https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(18)30504-7

It's probably a bad idea, but it was a passing thought I felt like saying aloud.