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       (CDC) List of medical conditions that put a person at increased 
       risk for COVID-19
       By: agate Date: January 16, 2021, 1:27 am
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       From the Center for Disease Control (December 29,
       2020)--"Certain medical conditions and risk for severe COVID-19
       illness":
  HTML http://bit.ly/2NbUGMj
       Although MS isn't on the list, the second list--of those
       conditions that "might" put a person at increased risk--we find
       "Neurological conditions, such as dementia" listed. This is
       maddeningly vague but the CDC does acknowledge that "c[font=Open
       Sans]urrently there are limited data and information about the
       impact of many underlying medical conditions on the risk for
       severe illness from COVID-19."[/font]
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       [font=Open Sans][/size]Note that also included in the conditions
       that "might" put someone at increased risk of severe COVID-19
       is: [/font]
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       [quote]Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from
       blood, bone marrow, or organ transplant; HIV; use of
       corticosteroids; or use of other immune weakening
       medicines[/quote]
       "Use of other immune-weakening medicines" --see the National MS
       Society guidelines on COVID-19 vaccines for people living with
       MS (January 11, 2021):
  HTML https://www.nationalmssociety.org/coronavirus-covid-19-information/multiple-sclerosis-and-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-guidance
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