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The risks of RSV as a diabetes patient

Currently living with diabetes, Tammie explains why RSV could be so serious to herself and others at higher risk.


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Up Next

  • The impact of RSV on high-risk patients

  • The risks of RSV as a lung disease patient

  • How RSV affects higher-risk patients

  • How type 1 and type 2 diabetes changes your lifestyle

  • My story: Kim and type 2 diabetes

  • Feeling dismissed while seeking diabetes treatment

  • My story: Elsy and type 2 diabetes

  • My story: Brittany and type 1 diabetes

  • Do i really need a diabetes eye exam?

  • Deandré's story: my 7-month-old baby survived RSV in the ER

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