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Severe obesity (Body Mass Index ≥ 40 kg/m
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The county said additional eligible medical conditions for vaccinations under Phase 1C are:
Asthma (moderate-to-severe)
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
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Thalassemia (a type of blood disorder)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
“Anyone who has a pre-existing medical condition can go to the county webpage [to check availability] or they can also go directly to their doctor,” said Dr. Edward Cachay, M.D., infectious disease specialist, UC San Diego.
Fletcher said, “Let me be clear: this action does not signify an increase in the risk to the residence of San Diego County to coronavirus.”
At the time, leaders aimed to calm the public s fears after two people tested positive for the coronavirus in the county. Those individuals were cared for at UC San Diego Health as several suspected cases were pending, primarily involving citizens who arrived in San Diego from Wuhan, China.
“There were 13 (people) from San Diego who were on flights next to people who were subsequently diagnosed in the United States,” said Dr. Eric McDonald, Medical Director of Epidemiology & Immunization Services at San Diego County.
While roughly 2,000 San Diegans contract the coronavirus each, day medical experts worry that the vaccines that could help stop the rapid spread remain beyond.
“This is something nobody wants and you don t wish it on anyone,” said Zuniga.
That same day the county reported 33 new COVID-19-related deaths. In the last month, the county has reported a total of 747 deaths, which account for 39% of its 1,898 total deaths since the pandemic started.
What is more concerning is that, according to Adriana Bearse with the San Diego Latino Health coalition, people are taking fewer precautions now that they know the vaccine is here.
“With a lot of the excitement of the vaccine, people might be like ‘Oh great, now that the vaccine is here that means that it is finally the solution and we don t necessarily need to continue with these behaviors.”