Dr. Deborah Birx Advises People Who Live with High-Risk Individuals to Wear Face Masks at Home

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I take care of a person that has Bipolar and doesn't worry about wearing mask's out in public and I have a fear they will get it and bring it back home.

As new coronavirus cases continue to surge in the United States, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx has advised that it may be time to consider wearing face masks while at home.

While the CDC is projecting that new COVID-19 deaths in America could rise by 19,000 in the next 20 days, Birx issued a strong warning about the new “widespread” phase of infection.

Dr. Deborah Birx Advises People Who Live with High-Risk Individuals to Wear Face Masks at Home

 

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The concern is that some that contract covid 19 outside the home will bring it home to family or household members -- or in time their close circle of friends or extended family outside the one household -- and infect some that have serious underlying health conditions. (including even just being significantly overweight!)

Consider the most serious health conditions that make a person much more vulnerable to dying of this coronavirus (covid 19). In the list of highest risk conditions below I underline one that is very common in America --

"People of any age with the following conditions are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19:

• Cancer
• Chronic kidney disease
• COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
• Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant
• Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 or higher)
• Serious heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
• Sickle cell disease
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus

[obesity underlined because it is very common in America]

... Based on what we know at this time, people with the following conditions might be at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19:

• Asthma (moderate-to-severe)
• Cerebrovascular disease (affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain)
• Cystic fibrosis
• Hypertension or high blood pressure
• Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, or use of other immune weakening medicines
• Neurologic conditions, such as dementia
• Liver disease
• Pregnancy
• Pulmonary fibrosis (having damaged or scarred lung tissues)
• Smoking
• Thalassemia (a type of blood disorder)
• Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Want to see the evidence behind these lists?

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html