Schizophrenia cited as huge risk for COVID death

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This article popped up in my news feed. Haven’t read it carefully, but felt it important to post to the forum.

From BGR: This is a huge risk factor for COVID death - and no one can explain why

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This I’m sure will not be taken into account

Unpaid carers are not even a priority in uk

Sorry for being cynical

I wonder if it might be worth campaigning but I wouldn’t know where to start

We might not even have sympathy from the general public - this is cynical too - but age being a factor- so many elderly are parents

This gets the sympathy vote

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Interesting perspective and probably more realistic than mine. I was considering trying to parlay this into qualifying for an early COVID shot. In the states the criteria for people under 65 who have priority over others for a COVID vaccine are vague and seemingly deliberately so.

I’ll ask my psychiatrist if he’ll write me a note or prescription or whatever. I have an autoimmune disease that involves my lungs, but it’s been in remission for a long time and I’ll see my psychiatrist sooner. More and more people I know are getting vaccinated, and I’d could use less worry in my life.

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@Maggotbrane
Autoimmune disease that affects your lungs should put you in a priority group.
I think a lot of things like people not being able to take proper care of themselves
Or not having enough support
There are probably many things they didn’t include in the criteria

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In uk I’m at the bottom of the list for vaccination