Immunosuppressed? You need to be extra cautious
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by Karin L. Nauber
There are a lot of things that we take for granted or at least did up until about a week ago.
One of those things is having a fairly healthy immune system.
But there are some who do not have the luxury of a good immune system and are more apt to contract diseases like COVID-19. They are also more apt to become severely ill or die because of their immunosuppression condition.
According to Dr. Damien Jonas Wilson, MD,
“The suppression of the body’s innate ability to ward off disease and infection is known as immunosuppression. . . .