[CatHerd]

You already got good answers from ETCM and Getready here.

HIV attacks and destroys the infection-fighting CD4 cells of the immune system, which makes it harder for the body to fight off diseases.

Patients suffering from autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, take drugs to tamp down their overactive immune systems.

Okay, found this in case it helps explain:

https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/health-and-wellness/2020/may/what-it-means-to-be-immunocompromised

[jacquej]

Trying to gain a better understanding about autoimmune issues and the safety of rthe jabs, I came across this.

I am not on any immunosuppressant meds. Unfortunately, I have major problems with steroidal type meds, and sem to be allergic to so many of the drugs docs like to prescribe for the various “popular” ailments of the aging -

Here is the news for those of us who have lupus, Sjogren’s, Hashimoto’s, etc...

https://creakyjoints.org/living-with-arthritis/coronavirus/managing-symptoms/cytokine-storm-covid-19-autoimmune-disease/