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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2262707" data-attributes="member: 365308">I am a type 1 and assume I have elevated risk because my hba1c is teetering around 58 and hyperglecemia is a risk factor independent of age, hyperinsulinemia and age.  Luckily I am under 50, female and otherwise healthy so other than taking vitamin D I am not taking more stringent measures to avoid getting this.Btw your original post seemed to infer that diabetes is a marker of other CoVid risks e.g. age and obesity however I think more research will be needed to break down the causal mechanisms for each individual risk factor e.g. having high blood sugars is known to reduce the efficacy of our immune systems as does having excess insulin.So if you are a well controlled diabetic this reduces one risk factor but if your good sugar levels are achieved by having excess insulin then I imagine you would still be more at risk.Of Mice and glucose needed for immune response, surely our saviour in times of glucose need is the liver i.e. gluconeogenesis therefore there's no such thing as too low unless you have a rare metabolic condition?</blockquote>

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