Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the nation's most vulnerable residents are still in jeopardy of catching the virus as many states are already letting up on pandemic restrictions meant to keep them safer.
- Two years into the pandemic Jackie Hansen still left home only for doctor visits, her immune system so wrecked by cancer and lupus that COVID-19 vaccinations couldn’t take hold.
This is “quickly transitioning into an epidemic of the vulnerable,” said Dr. Jacob Lemieux, an infectious disease specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital. While healthy vaccinated people may return to pre-pandemic activities with little worry about severe consequences, “the immunocompromised -- despite vaccination, despite taking all precautions -- cannot, and remain at risk.”
Hansen, a retired nurse, has had to have tough conversations about why she can’t be around anyone who’s not vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also is considering if the immune-compromised need their booster a little sooner -- three months after their last shot rather than five months.
A study found Evusheld cut by 77% the chances of a COVID-19 infection, although that was before omicron appeared.
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