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rheumatologynetwork.com/vie...

This has popped up on my Twitter feed. Has anyone seen this or other research that has been carried out and reported?

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Ingrid1234

Hi,

Thanks for posting. MOST interesting.

Could some designated as CEV have “super antibodies” against covid? Just wondering🤔.

Small sample size though.

“…Research indicates that patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRD) did not differ from the general population in terms of protective antibody responses against COVID-19.

Despite suspicions that patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRD) may have worse immune responses against COVID-19, research indicates that this patient population did not differ from the general population in terms of protective antibody responses, according to a study published in Springer.1…”

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suzannah16

are they suggesting that of all the people who died with covid and had underlying health conditions didn't have AI conditions? or if they did it wasn't covid that killed them?

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