[Viva] Fwd: PLWH and COVID-19

[Flower Power]

Thanks Shelly for the info!I among the island!I am safe! Thanks

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 4:55 PM shelly tognazzini, <shetognazzini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Relevant resources:
>>
>> 1.       If people are worried about symptoms and testing, the BCCDC has
>> a good self-assessment tool:
>>
>>           https://covid19.thrive.health/   that they can take.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>           This link answers the questions on Covid and HIV.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3.       Also see the attached a document from California, which is
>> pretty good I think. Feel free to share it.
>>
>>
>>
>> 4.       I know the BCCFE is also working on a statement on Covid19 and
>> HIV, but it’s not out yet.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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