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Author: Smith, Steven J.; Busby, John; Heaney, Liam G.; Pfeffer, Paul E.; Jackson, David J.; Yang, Freda; Fowler, Stephen J.; Menzies-Gow, Andrew; Idris, Elfatih; Brown, Thomas; Gore, Robin; Faruqi, Shoaib; Dennison, Paddy; Dodd, James W.; Doe, Simon; Mansur, Adel H.; Priyadarshi, Radhika; Holmes, Joshua; Hearn, Andrew; Al-Aqqad, Hamsa; Loewenthal, Lola; Cooper, Angela; Fox, Lauren; Selvan, Mayurun; Crooks, Michael G.; Thompson, Alison; Higbee, Daniel; Fawdon, Michelle; Nathwani, Vishal; Holmes, LeanneJo; Chaudhuri, Rekha
Title: The impact of the first COVID-19 surge on Severe Asthma Patients in the UK. Which is worse: The virus or the lockdown?
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  • Document date: 2020_11_19
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    Snippet: Respiratory viral infections are a significant cause of morbidity in asthma [1]. Patients with severe asthma were assumed to be at greater risk from novel coronavirus-2 (COVID-19) infection. In the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple countries enacted social containment policies. In the UK a countrywide lockdown occurred in March 2020, with stringent self-isolation (“shielding”) advice for high-risk patients, including people with severe asthma.
    Document: Respiratory viral infections are a significant cause of morbidity in asthma [1]. Patients with severe asthma were assumed to be at greater risk from novel coronavirus-2 (COVID-19) infection. In the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple countries enacted social containment policies. In the UK a countrywide lockdown occurred in March 2020, with stringent self-isolation (“shielding”) advice for high-risk patients, including people with severe asthma.

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