COVID-19 General Information
COVID-19 has recently been the defining problem for the world at large, but it has had an oversized impact on immunocompromised CLL patients. CLL Society will keep you up to date on the latest research and guidelines.
In this section, we offer a broad range of content from a variety of authors. Read these articles to sharpen your understanding of how the world is adapting in response to our COVID concerns and how our fellow CLL patients have been affected.
Here is a list of personal reflections on what we know and don’t know about COVID-19 and other infections that all immunocompromised folks might want to consider moving forward into the brave new world of increased respiratory infection risk.
Now that most healthcare settings have lifted mask requirements, we must be active in asking for the protections we need and are entitled to.
With the rest of the world moving on from the pandemic, individuals who are immunocompromised, which includes all those with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma regardless of treatment status, can no longer rely on the larger community’s measures to lower their risk of exposure to COVID-19
Dr. Brian Koffman explains why shared decision making is particularly important in CLL / SLL at every decision point throughout the course of the disease, and how the pandemic has radically changed the world for CLL patients.
There are many important questions that remain unanswered about COVID-19. This is mainly because there is no data to guide us yet.
CLL Society has signed on to the efforts led by the Immune Deficiency Foundation to advocate on behalf of the entire immunocompromised community to “Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics.”
RECENT NEWS
When appropriate, the CLL Society will be posting updates and background information on the present Coronavirus pandemic focusing on reliable primary sources of information and avoiding most of the news that is not directly from reliable medical experts or government and world health agencies.
