Covid-19: the difficult daily life of immunocompromised people

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F.Prabonnaud, E.Bach, E.Sizarols, A.Dupont, B.Blanc, P.Ngankam – France 3

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300,000 French people have a deficient immune system due to a transplant, a chronic illness or age. For them, there is no question of removing the mask or lowering their guard.

AT Niort (Two Sevres)the pleasure of going to the market and finding good local products is still forbidden for Laurent Di Meglio. With his system immune too weak, the Covid-19 could be fatal to him. The Niort market, where I went every Saturday morning before the first confinement, I go there more or almost more”laments Laurent.

The life of this jurist changed with the Covid-19 : no more dinners with friends, no more shops or shows. If he catches the Covid-19its risk of severe form and death is more than 30 times greater than that of the rest of the population. New preventive treatments are appearing for immunocompromised people. For example, synthetic antibodies are injected into patients at very high risk of severe forms. Despite this, they must continue to be cautious.


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