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Who Is A Risk
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What people are considered to have a compromised immune system or have underlying illness that puts them at high risk category ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm over 60. Since having chemo (albeit many yrs ago) I wouldn't say I've caught more viruses than average but it takes me a long time to shake them off. I have fibromyalgia and a doctor told me a long time ago that any virus, especially during a bad flare up, would make me feel many times worse than it normally would.
So, I'd say I'm not high but a medium risk and certainly don't want this one.
So, I'd say I'm not high but a medium risk and certainly don't want this one.
NHS sources are saying that the same groups people who are eligible for the seasonal flu vaccine are the ones who are at most risk of becoming seriously ill (or dying) if they contract Covid-19. [NB: There's no suggestion that the seasonal flu vaccine will protect against Covid-19. It won't. It's simply that the list of the most vulnerable people for seasonal flu is the same as the list of the most vulnerable people for Covid-19]
So the list of conditions mentioned on this page should go some way to answering your question:
https:/ /www.nh s.uk/co ndition s/vacci nations /who-sh ould-ha ve-flu- vaccine /
(As I'm currently on chemotherapy, and taking steroid tablets, I'm obviously included in the 'at risk' category but I knew that anyway!)
So the list of conditions mentioned on this page should go some way to answering your question:
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(As I'm currently on chemotherapy, and taking steroid tablets, I'm obviously included in the 'at risk' category but I knew that anyway!)
My answer, above, seems to be largely confirmed by this latest Government advice:
https:/ /www.go v.uk/go vernmen t/publi cations /covid- 19-guid ance-on -social -distan cing-an d-for-v ulnerab le-peop le/guid ance-on -social -distan cing-fo r-every one-in- the-uk- and-pro tecting -older- people- and-vul nerable -adults
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