How Reopenings Are Raising Fears Among People with Compromised Immune Systems
People with compromised immune systems are facing new fears about COVID-19 as businesses and public facilities begin to reopen.
Experts say people with heart conditions as well as those who are undergoing treatment for cancer are at high risk for severe illness if they contract the virus.
They urge people who are immunocompromised to keep their medical appointments and to continue treatments.
Barbara Branaman has been immunocompromised most of her life.
The longtime Silicon Valley tech executive, who is now a healthcare entrepreneur helping run an integrative health clinic, was diagnosed with diabetes at age 9.
Thirty years later, she survived a life threatening kidney and pancreas transplant that left her immune system still weakened.
Branaman, who’s now 64, was understandably nervous when COVID-19 struck. And now that many places in the United States are reopening businesses and public facilities, she’s even more anxious.
“There’s a huge number of Americans like me who are immunocompromised. This reopening could make it worse for us,” she told Healthline.
Branaman says that being immunosuppressed has given her a deeper appreciation for life and taught her how to function safely as well as excel at what she does.
“It’s important for immunocompromised people to take care of themselves, get some sunshine, breathe, take a walk, do things in a safe way that make you feel cared for and help you get out of that fear mentality,” she said.
Branaman doesn’t deny there’s a fear factor right now for her and fellow immunocompromised people.
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