If you got covid, how badly would it fuck you up? Would it just be the sniffles? Or are you in a situation where even the sniffles could completely destroy you?
Here are risk categories summarized
At high risk
-the elderly (over 65)
- lung problems (severe asthma, COPD, lung cancer, cystic/pulmonary fibrosis)
- heart disease (cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease)
- cancer (any but especially lung or liver)
- blood disorders (sickle cell, thalassemia)
- any weakened immune system (usually due to organ transplant or long term use of prednisone)
- dialysis
Elevated risk
- high blood pressure
- any kind of asthma
- any autoimmune disorder
- any weakened immune system