Patient Stories: Taking Immunosuppressants During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Every day the numbers grow larger — more people are diagnosed with COVID-19, more people are hospitalized, and more of us are at risk of infection ourselves. The public, by now, knows that the elderly and those with serious health issues such as cancer, diabetes, lung disease and heart disease are high risk, but people taking immunosuppressant drugs fall into the high-risk category as well.

“Immunocompromised people have an underlying condition that reduces their actual ability to respond effectively to…