The Immunocompromised Recover From COVID-19 More Quickly Than Expected: Study

One study shows that even the most vulnerable populations can clear the COVID-19 virus within a couple weeks rather than several months.
The Immunocompromised Recover From COVID-19 More Quickly Than Expected: Study
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Bucking expectations that individuals with compromised immune systems would have prolonged cases of COVID-19, a new study reports the median time for these patients to be ill with the infection is just nine days.

The study, published in The Lancet Microbe, provides better insight into which populations are truly at higher risk of prolonged infections, suggesting some of the fear surrounding COVID-19 infections among the most vulnerable could be unwarranted.
A.C. Dahnke
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A.C. Dahnke is a freelance writer and editor residing in California. She has covered community journalism and health care news for nearly a decade, winning a California Newspaper Publishers Award for her work.
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