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What about people with copd? can they survive coronavirus?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

COVID 19: Having asthma does not mean that a person who is infected with COVID 19 will die from it. However, poorly controlled asthma is one of a number of possible risk factors that increase chances of having more severe illness.

Answered 5/16/2020

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