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For severely immunocompromised individuals (I'm a transplant recipient, so can speak to that), the CFR for COVID is anywhere between 20-35%. There's also a lot
by ryanbrunner 5y ago
For severely immunocompromised individuals (I'm a transplant recipient, so can speak to that), the CFR for COVID is anywhere between 20-35%. There's also a lot more attention paid to avoiding viruses even when there's not a global pandemic, so they are far more likely to be careful, and their IFR is probably much, much closer to their CFR due to being routinely monitored probably more than any other group (I have biweekly blood work and my blood is screened for some viruses every month, I take my vitals literally every day).
"Immunocompromised" as a category includes a very wide range of people, and someone who's on a small temporary prednisone prescription is far less immunocompromised than a chemotherapy patient, solid organ transplant recipient, or HIV+ individual.