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Risk for us having been on long term immune supressant drugs like Prednisolone

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Hi - are we considered in th ehigh risk category becasuse we have been on long term cortisone?

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Look on the right side of this page, PINNED POSTS 1st subject. Chat about Covid19 - Tuesday March 17th. Each day a new pinned post.

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Can you please post this as a reply to daily pinned post re virus-

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Or look at related posts - there are many but short answer is yes!

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Yes - UK Government says.....

"We are advising those who are at increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19) to be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures.

This group includes those who are:

a weakened immune system as the result of conditions such as HIV and AIDS, or medicines such as steroid tablets"

gov.uk/government/publicati...

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