The paradox of immunosuppressants and COVID-19

For millions of people, taking immunosuppressive medication to control or prevent disease is a daily reality [1]. Rheumatological disease, inflammatory lung disease, organ transplantation and graft- versus -host disease are but a few of the immune dysregulation syndromes that may require short- or long-term immunosuppressive therapy (IST). Patients taking ISTs are frequently regarded as immunocompromised, sharing risks of increased infection...