Blog: Feb 2021

Professor Giovannoni from Barts has just released a really useful MS-specific vaccine Q&A. (Note: people should always follow the advice of their own consultant or medical professional)

- The government have announced 1.7 million more people will be added to the shielded patient list in England. This means some people in vaccine priority group 6 (which includes everyone with MS under 65 and not in groups 1-5) will be moved up into group 4 and advised to shield. The government are using a risk-prediction tool to identify people from group 6 to add to the list, based on evidence about who has been most severely affected by COVID-19. Shielding guidance is being extended to 31...

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