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<blockquote data-quote="lozy" data-source="post: 2237549" data-attributes="member: 469513"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>What do we mean by extremely vulnerable?</strong></span></p><p>People falling into this extremely vulnerable group include:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Solid organ transplant recipients<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">People with specific cancers:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">people with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy or radical radiotherapy for lung cancer</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">people with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma who are at any stage of treatment</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">people having immunotherapy or other continuing antibody treatments for cancer</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">people having other targeted cancer treatments which can affect the immune system, such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">people who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplants in the last 6 months, or who are still taking immunosuppression drugs</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">People with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma and severe COPD.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">People with rare diseases and inborn errors of metabolism that significantly increase the risk of infections (such as SCID, homozygous sickle cell).<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">People on immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk of infection.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Women who are pregnant with significant heart disease, congenital or acquired.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lozy, post: 2237549, member: 469513"] [SIZE=5][B]What do we mean by extremely vulnerable?[/B][/SIZE] People falling into this extremely vulnerable group include: [LIST=1] [*]Solid organ transplant recipients [*]People with specific cancers: [LIST] [*]people with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy or radical radiotherapy for lung cancer [*]people with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma who are at any stage of treatment [*]people having immunotherapy or other continuing antibody treatments for cancer [*]people having other targeted cancer treatments which can affect the immune system, such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors [*]people who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplants in the last 6 months, or who are still taking immunosuppression drugs [/LIST] [*]People with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma and severe COPD. [*]People with rare diseases and inborn errors of metabolism that significantly increase the risk of infections (such as SCID, homozygous sickle cell). [*]People on immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk of infection. [*]Women who are pregnant with significant heart disease, congenital or acquired. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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