FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say

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12. Who the f-word gets to decide who's at risk?

I'm a lifelong chronic asthmatic. I keep it more or less under control, but because I can't use the steroid inhalers (e.g. Qvar), I'm reliant on rescue medication (e.g. albuterol). This means I still get attacks. But I'm still in my 50's.

Would I qualify as "at risk?" I've had plenty of upper respiratory infections (though not COVID yet), and only one required a trip to the ER. But if you've ever had an asthma attack, you know how lethal it can feel.


(Nothing to do with anything, but - I once used an asthma attack as a passive form of suicide. The worst attacks I ever had were during my adolescence. During one particular attack - freshman year of high school, I think - I decided I was done being bullied and refused to let my parents take me to the hospital. If I died, I thought, I died. I don't think they ever figured out what I was trying to accomplish. That was a very long time ago, and I'm in no danger of ever trying that again - but I wonder if those who treat asthma encounter others who've tried this.)