High-risk people: Difference between revisions

A '''high-risk individual''' or '''high-risk person''' is a [[human being]] living with an increased risk for severe illness due to age, medical condition, pregnancy/post-pregnant conditions, or a combination of the conditions.<ref>{{cite web|date=11 February 2020|title=COVID-19 and Your Health|url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/index.html|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|publisher=CDC|language=en-us}}</ref> High-risk individuals can be of any age.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Morris|first=Amanda|date=2021-08-09|title=Families of High-Risk Children Despair Over Covid Resurgence|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/us/high-risk-children-covid.html|access-date=2021-08-27|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A person iscan qualify as a high-risk individual if theretheir immune system is compromised or suppressed whether due to disease, cancer, and chronic conditions, prescription medications, or recent surgical procedures.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nast|first=Condé|date=2020-04-01|title=I Am High-Risk for COVID-19—We Need to Talk|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/i-am-high-risk-covid-19-we-need-to-talk|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Vogue|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nast|first=Condé|date=2020-12-23|title=The Plague Year|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/the-plague-year|access-date=2021-08-27|website=The New Yorker|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=COVID-19: Who's at higher risk of serious symptoms?|url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-who-is-at-risk/art-20483301|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Mayo Clinic|language=en}}</ref> High-risk people are more susceptible to hospitalization and death from the [[Covid 19 disease]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus and COVID-19: Who is at higher risk?|url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-covid19-who-is-at-higher-risk|access-date=2021-08-28|website=www.hopkinsmedicine.org|language=en}}</ref> Medical professionals highly recommend high-risk persons get the [[COVID-19 vaccine]].<ref name=":0" />