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CLL Society Official Statements

Not everyone in the healthcare professions or the world at large understands how the pandemic can affect the immunocompromised. These official statements are here to help you explain the special needs and circumstances of the vulnerable CLL population. The needs of the CLL community are not always perfectly aligned with those of the general population. That is when CLL Society helps us to best navigate the pandemic on a personal level and to advocate for our best care at a societal level with our guidelines, white papers, and official statements.

The needs of the CLL community are not always perfectly aligned with those of the general population. Further, not everyone in the healthcare professions or the world at large understands how the pandemic can uniquely affect the immunocompromised. CLL Society’s Official Statements explain the special needs and circumstances of the vulnerable CLL population, offer our best analysis of the current challenges, as well as provide guidelines to stay protected and advocate for your best personal care. 

As the risk of COVID-19 exposure stretches on, we have updated our official statement concerning working conditions for people with CLL / SLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma) that you can download for your own reference and to share with the appropriate people in your life including HR and co-workers.
Take it with you! CLL Society’s Official COVID-19 Triage Statement CLL Society has authored an Official Statement to help you help your healthcare providers understand CLL patients’ unique vulnerabilities to COVID-19 and our higher risks of serious complications. This letter to your healthcare provider may help you be attended to faster,

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CLL patients should be vaccinated against COVID-19 as some protection is better than none. CLL patients should not assume that because they are vaccinated that they are protected. We recommend that even fully vaccinated CLL patients follow CDC guidelines for the unvaccinated including: Wearing a well-fitting (preferably N95) mask indoor and in