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Adults with down syndrome push for Covid vaccine prioritization


Adults with down syndrome push for Covid vaccine prioritization
“It’s been absolutely terrifying or our family,” Leslie Neugent, JJ’s mother said.
Neugent, who also works as a minister with adults with Down syndrome, said they have been on lockdown since March.
Researchers found that individuals with Down syndrome were almost five times more likely to be hospitalized from COVID and at 10 times higher risk of death from the disease. They suspect immune abnormalities, along with three copies of chromosome 21 rather than two, make people with Down syndrome more vulnerable to severe COVID-19.
A spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Health told WCCO the state will follow CDC guidelines, putting the state’s Down syndrome adult population in 1C unless they are in a congregate care setting – which is in tier 3 of the 1A phase. ....

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Minnesota families fight for COVID-19 vaccine priority for loved ones with Down syndrome


Created: February 01, 2021 08:42 PM
Leslie Neugent is doing everything she can to make sure he son JJ is healthy, including fighting for him to have priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
JJ, a 23-year-old from Wayzata, has Down syndrome. The family has been under a hard lockdown since March in an effort to limit his exposure to the coronavirus.
We have not been in a grocery store or restaurant, Leslie said. It has been for all of us, absolutely terrifying.
As demand for the COVID-19 vaccine continues to grow, families across Minnesota worry that their loved ones with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities will be forced to wait for nearly two million other people to get the vaccine before they get the shot. ....

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