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Old 03-25-2020, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Your SOURCE is accurate enough, but your INTERPRETATION of it is NOT. Per your own post, the CDC gave a list of persons who are at INCREASED RISK. Increased risk is NOT, repeat NOT equivalent to being immunocompromised.

You also posted that type 2 DM may be autoimmune in nature. An autoimmune disease, does NOT necessarily mean the patient is immunocompromised. Some autoimmune diseases do lead to immunocompromise, such as lupus. Others, such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis do not
For the record are you broadcasting that people with 2DM are not at higher risk for severe illness from coronavirus than a perfectly healthy person ? How did you hit them today ?

Last edited by rustyp; 03-25-2020 at 01:39 PM.