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New Study Regarding Covid 19 and Lupus, RA

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vonniesims

Thats reassuring

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Mmrr

Reassuring for those not taking steroids. Thanks.

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bubblyalex in reply toMmrr

Indeed ... equally being in a flare up ... those with active inflammation from an autoimmune disease putting them at much greater risk of ... that horrible word😏

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allanah

Very good but the strange thing is steroids are given during the treatment of covid , so why does it increase the risk of hospitalization?

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bubblyalex in reply toallanah

Something I don’t understand at all. So many conflicting pieces of information.

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allanah in reply tobubblyalex

Thats why studies all go into a big pot and used in meta analysis, soget you the gold star average of what the advice is x

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crashdoll

Interesting, thank you for sharing.

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springcross

Very interesting, thanks.

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