Bonus points for Marty Makary (a surgeon with no particular experience in infectious disease) being the spokesperson for this. I wonder if he’s the only licensed doctor they could find in the government willing to advocate for this policy?

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    Unfortunately, it appears that you are correct. They released a list of qualifying conditions and while COPD and brochiectasis are on the list, asthma is not.

    Edit: I’m kinda braindead right now. Asthma is the first thing on the list. whoops.

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      329 days ago

      Am I reading it wrong, or is Asthma not the first item on the list?

      (I hope I’m not reading it wrong lol).

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        You’re right. My brain is absolute pudding because I’m studying for my board exams. Doing a few hundred multiple choice questions about complex medical topics in a row doesn’t leave a whole lot of processing power left for anything else.

        • Admiral Patrick
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          229 days ago

          I feel ya. My brain is also running on fumes, so wasn’t 100% confident in my own reading lol.