Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Massachusetts' list of conditions that qualify for vaccination in phase 2 is a complete replica of the CDC's above, except it opted to also include "asthma (moderate-to-severe)."
Now, as Massachusetts makes vaccines available for residents with two or more COVID risk conditions, many residents are trying to figure out if they qualify.
Take Suzy Dolan, a Cambridge resident diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Dolan says the advice from her doctors has been clear since the beginning of the pandemic.
“ ‘If you get COVID, you will get really sick,’ is basically what they said,” she explains.
Dolan also has a second high-risk condition: asthma. At an appointment last week, she asked doctors who help manage her diabetes if she should be vaccinated. They talked about a state form that patients with at least two qualifying conditions will sign, a written way to swear that they are eligible.