Safety & Prevention
The best treatment for any disease, including COVID-19, is to never get it the first place. Here we discuss what you can do to lower your risk of contracting COVID-19, including specific details on choosing the right mask, social distancing, and other measures to lower transmission. Vaccination schedules for active immunity and monoclonal antibodies for passive immunity are all carefully explained and updated to help those with an impaired immune system due to CLL / SLL to prevent COVID-19 both before and after exposure.
Action Items for Safety & Prevention
Wear effective masks!
There are so many kinds of masks! Which ones are effective? Which ones are useless? Dr. Brian Koffman provides us with a well-referenced guide to the appropriate use of various types of face masks and respirators. Watch here.
Practice social distancing.
In this video, Dr. John Byrd discusses the importance of social distancing in the context of close family who might put the immunocompromised at risk. Watch here.
Wear effective masks!
There are so many kinds of masks! Which ones are effective? Which ones are useless? Dr. Brian Koffman provides us with a well-referenced guide to the appropriate use of various types of face masks and respirators. Watch here.
Practice social distancing.
In this video, Dr. John Byrd discusses the importance of social distancing in the context of close family who might put the immunocompromised at risk. Watch here.
ADDITIONAL READING
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.
