id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-254436-89zf41xr Singer, Professor Donald RJ Health policy implications of the links between cardiovascular risk and COVID-19 2020-09-03 .txt text/plain 2001 106 49 In the meantime, public health measures are the mainstay for containing spread of infection with SARS-CoV-2, complemented by access to high quality supportive treatment and efforts to develop targeted approaches to reduce infection and disease severity in people at high risk of serious morbidity and death from COVID-19. Other indirect reasons for concern about increased prevalence and severity of cardiovascular disease because of the COVID-19 pandemic include poorer recognition and control of cardiovascular risk factors and established serious disorders of the heart, brain and circulation due to reduced access to medical services. Health policy makers also need to take steps to extend influenza immunization to all groups now recognized to be at risk of more serious COVID-19, including the obese, others with increased cardiovascular risk and people from black and other at risk ethnic minorities. ./cache/cord-254436-89zf41xr.txt ./txt/cord-254436-89zf41xr.txt