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Adults with Down syndrome 3 times more likely to die of COVID, study finds – CIDRAP

The authors say the data support the CDC’s prioritization of this group for vaccination.

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Adults older than 40 with Down syndrome are about three times more likely to die of COVID-19 than the rest of the population, pointing to the need to prioritize coronavirus vaccination to this group, a study published yesterday in the Lancet’sEClinicalMedicine has found.
A team led by Emory University researchers conducted the international online survey of the clinicians or caregivers of 1,046 patients with Down syndrome diagnosed as having COVID-19 from April to November 2020.
The results were…

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