How to Use immunocompromised in a Sentence

immunocompromised

adjective
  • But not all the immunocompromised people CNN followed up with were able to stay healthy and Covid-19 free.
    Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021
  • In it, a virus from China, of course named Mao flu, afflicts the elderly and the immunocompromised.
    Jane Metcalfe, Wired, 5 July 2020
  • In the first, the virus infected an immunocompromised person unable to fight the virus.
    NBC News, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Now a third jab is downright mainstream, and not just for the immunocompromised people who have the CDC’s blessing.
    Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2021
  • In both cases, the immunocompromised person is a victim locked away for safety, out of harm’s way—and out of the public eye.
    Eirik Gumeny, Wired, 31 Aug. 2021
  • And if that’s the case, with millions of immunocompromised people in the U.S. alone, many of whom feel overlooked in the vaccine era, will more weird variants keep arising?
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2021
  • His advice might change, said Lloyd-Smith, if the person was at high risk from the virus, such as elderly or immunocompromised.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 23 Apr. 2020
  • There were only a few immunocompromised people in the study.
    NBC News, 29 July 2021
  • For the past two weeks, Mitchell has been making call outs on social media for a cheap place to stay that would be away from her immunocompromised son but without luck.
    al, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Spring worries about other immunocompromised people who don’t have the time and ability to find the shots or to pay out-of-network charges.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022
  • In the immunocompromised, however, Paxlovid may be on its own.
    Jason Mast, STAT, 29 May 2022
  • My first thought was that my child would not be able to hug his immunocompromised grandparents for the foreseeable future.
    Adam Weinstein, The New Republic, 8 July 2020
  • Protection can last six months in the body, to fill the void of antibodies against Covid-19 in immunocompromised people.
    Rob Relyea, CNN, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The shortage also means that Santa gigs are available to those who are less immunocompromised because of their age.
    The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The co-op has been a lifeline for actor and co-op member Taslimi, who is immunocompromised and is not yet able to return to performing.
    Todd Martens Game Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2021
  • People who are severely immunocompromised and might not have gotten protection from the first two doses have been able to get a third dose for the past six weeks or so.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
  • There are many, many more people like me out there — young, old, robust and healthy, immunocompromised, and everywhere in between.
    Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Mellits told the Detroit Free Press that her group is asking for a statewide mask mandate for a few reasons: To protect immunocompromised children and keep them in school.
    Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But since then, there have been numerous cases of immunocompromised people who harbor the virus for months.
    Roxanne Khamsi, Star Tribune, 13 July 2021
  • Salas, the Northeast Portland renter, left his job in the cannabis industry last year because he is immunocompromised and helps care for a child with a disability.
    oregonlive, 2 July 2021
  • Treatments designed to prevent and treat infection in the immunocompromised won't work against BQ.1 and BQ.1.1.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2022
  • In the United States, certain immunocompromised adults can receive three doses of the coronavirus vaccine and a fourth shot as a booster dose.
    Carma Hassan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Hang out with their 74-year-old immunocompromised mother at a child’s birthday party?
    Carolyn Kylstra, SELF, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The first hour will be for elderly and immunocompromised shoppers.
    USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2020
  • For immunocompromised people, the third shot is considered part of the initial course of vaccinations and not a booster.
    Robert Hart, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Currently, only certain immunocompromised adults in the U.S. are allowed to get a fourth dose.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Older people and the immunocompromised are at higher risk too.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Many people, including seniors and the immunocompromised, face a much higher risk of severe illness and even death from Covid-19.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Matthew Broberg-Moffitt, 38, an immunocompromised writer who lives in Oklahoma City, said few of the young people in his town embraced mask-wearing.
    Washington Post, 27 June 2020
  • But the arrival of new variants, as well as the loss of two treatments for immunocompromised people, has amped up the urgency to develop a stronger generation of medicines.
    Ryan Cross — The Boston Globe, STAT, 28 Dec. 2022

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