[Viva] Fwd: PLWH and COVID-19

[shelly tognazzini]

Thanks for posting this Margarite!🤗

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:51 AM Margarite Sanchez <
margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi everyone,
> These are strange times we're living in. I wish an invisible safety bubble
> around you and your loved ones.
>  Thanks to all of you who are sending out all the good reputable
> information about Corona virus ...  and for all the love and support for
> each other ...  I can feel it through the computer screen :))
> I decided to go to my favourite source - the Oak Tree Clinic.
> Here is the response from Dr. Neora Pick:
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> From: Pick, Neora [CWBC] <NPick at cw.bc.ca>
> Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 5:26 PM
> Subject: PLWH and COVID-19
> To: Margarite Sanchez <margaritesanchez at gmail.com>
> Cc: Kestler, Mary [CWBC] <Mary.Kestler at cw.bc.ca>
>
>
> HI Margarite,
>
> Thank you for your email about Covid19 and PLWH. Mary is busy with Covid
> and St Paul’s ID,  so we agreed that I will answer your questions.
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> At this time, there really is no data about PLWH doing worse (or better)
> than others.
>
> However, there are a few resources and things one can do to stay as
> healthy as possible:
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> A)     *Take their cART*- and ensure they *have 3 months supply* for the
> time being. Having a robust immune system and undetectable VL is helpful.
>
> B)      As the BCCDC website for the public states, the *frequent hand
> washing, and the social distancing* is a must at this time for all.
>
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> Relevant resources:
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> 1.       If people are worried about symptoms and testing, the BCCDC has
> a good self-assessment tool:
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>           https://covid19.thrive.health/   that they can take.
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> 2.       Catie has a good resource:
> https://www.catie.ca/en/news/catie-update-covid-19?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=socmed&utm_campaign=031620&utm_content=en
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>           This link answers the questions on Covid and HIV.
>
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> 3.       Also see the attached a document from California, which is
> pretty good I think. Feel free to share it.
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> 4.       I know the BCCFE is also working on a statement on Covid19 and
> HIV, but it’s not out yet.
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> Things are moving very fast. If we come across any new relevant info
> related to covid and HIV, we will try to keep you posted.
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> Thank you, and Take care!
>
> Neora
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> *Neora Pick, MD, FRCPC *Medical Director, Oak Tree Clinic
> Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases,
> Department of Medicine, UBC
> Tel:   604-875-2274 | Fax: 604-875-3063
> Email: npick at cw.bc.ca
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> I acknowledge that I work and live on the unceded, traditional and
> ancestral territories of the Coast Salish People, specifically the the
> xʷməθkʷəy̓əm(Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlí̓lwətaʔɬ
> (Tsleil-waututh) Nations
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