If you feel tired of taking COVID precautions, imagine how the immunocompromised must feel — via healthing_ca
A few provinces are already offering third doses of the COVID vaccine to seniors or people with compromised immune systems.
And while most people’s bodies can recognize the difference between the body’s own cells and invaders like viruses, bacteria, and parasites, for those without a healthy immune system, that defence doesn’t work. There are over 500 conditions that can compromise a person’s immune system, and even the most minor of infections can lead to severe complications.
But the feeling of camaraderie was short-lived. Alberta’s state of emergency ended in June, and businesses started opening up, people were back in restaurants and theatres, and many returned to in-person work. When she and her family members wore masks, they sometimes got nasty comments from strangers. It was then that Hanson began to feel a sense of being ‘othered’ because of her health.
“Eventually I just gave up and lived with it,” she says, adding that she still regularly experiences the rapid heartbeat, along with shortness of breath and chest pain — symptoms ofThe second and third infections happened twice more over the summer — once in July and again, just four weeks later, in August. She was able to get Paxlovid both times, which “made a world of difference,” she says. Still, there are symptoms that have remained.
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