High-risk families want higher priority for COVID-19 vaccine
High-risk families want higher priority for COVID-19 vaccine
By Kelsey Barchenger | February 4, 2021 at 12:43 PM CST - Updated February 4 at 12:43 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - As the vaccine continues to roll out, families with high risk health conditions are wondering when it will be their turn.
Researchers found that individuals with down syndrome were almost five times more likely to be hospitalized from COVID and at 10 times higher risk for death from the disease.
Researchers suspect immune abnormalities along with three copies of chromosome 21 rather than the usual two—make people with down syndrome more vulnerable to severe complications.