Does Asthma Make Me Eligible for the COVID vaccine?
Does having asthma move you up the eligibility list to get COVID? Well, it depends.....how's that for a non answer?! Some states consider asthma a high risk medical condition, but some don't. That worries me, because there are so many different types of asthma. A person who uses their inhaler once or twice a year is NOT the same as someone who has been in the hospital multiple times for asthma. My kids were in the hospital 12 times for asthma (2 of those were in ICU). Having a child almost die from asthma is VERY different from someone that uses their inhaler once in a while. My state doesn't consider asthma to be a high risk medical condition - which means I am still VERY worried about my adult kids. Just because your kids are adults doesn't mean you can stop worrying about them ya know! 😁 Why are those with asthma NOT high risk for COVID? A February study reviewed 57 other studies with over 1/2 a million people with asthma. They looked at how p...