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From the Center for Disease Control (December 29, 2020)--"Certain medical conditions and risk for severe COVID-19 illness":





http://bit.ly/2NbUGMj


Although MS isn't on the list, the second list--of those conditions that "might" put a person at increased risk--we find "Neurological conditions, such as dementia" listed. This is maddeningly vague but the CDC does acknowledge that "currently there are limited data and information about the impact of many underlying medical conditions on the risk for severe illness from COVID-19."
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Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from blood, bone marrow, or organ transplant; HIV; use of corticosteroids; or use of other immune weakening medicines


"Use of other immune-weakening medicines" --see the National MS Society guidelines on COVID-19 vaccines for people living with MS (January 11, 2021):


https://www.nationalmssociety.org/coronavirus-covid-19-information/multiple-sclerosis-and-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-guidance
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