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Ask a Doctor: Avoiding COVID-19 After A Family Member Catches It

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Ask a Doctor: Avoiding COVID-19 After A Family Member Catches It
In this photo a man uses a COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit at home in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 29, 2021. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
Dr. Ann Corson
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Ask a Doctor: “Someone in my family has been sick for a few days and just tested positive for COVID-19. What can I do to help myself from getting sick as well?”
Your risk of becoming sick depends on many factors including your age, co-existing medical conditions, vitamin D level, and overall nutritional status. Older people as well as those with pre-existing diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular or respiratory diseases, autoimmunity, and immunosuppression are at greater risk of severe disease and death from SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Dr. Ann Corson
Dr. Ann Corson
MD
Dr. Corson obtained her MD degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA in 1982 and is board certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Holistic Medicine. Her solo practice in Philadelphia, PA is devoted full time to the treatment of patients suffering from all forms of chronic disease. In 2008, Dr. Corson joined Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) to help raise awareness of China’s live forced organ harvesting of innocent prisoners of conscience, primarily Falun Gong practitioners. Since 2016, she has been editor-in-chief of DAFOH’s newsletter.
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