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Up, Up and Away for World MS Day

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Researchers in Italy have been gathering data to understand if having MS increases the risk of a more serious infection of COVID-19 and whether taking disease modifying therapies may add an extra layer of risk.

Researchers in Italy have been gathering data to understand if having MS increases the risk of a more serious infection of COVID-19 and whether taking disease modifying therapies may add an extra layer of risk.

The MS Care Centre is currently closed for health and safety reasons due to the Corona Virus pandemic. We miss our residents, chats in the coffee dock and our beautiful gardens especially in this weather, but we hope soon it will be filled with laughter and friendship again.

This week our guest blogger Mark Mitchell reminds us of the special place that remains at the heart of MS Ireland.

I am a General Nurse and our current climate has roused so many emotions in me. I am angry that my MS has prevented me from stepping up to the frontline and assisting and supporting my professional colleagues in a time of crisis and need. Ciara O Meara

'Maybe I’m like a swan. I look calm and serene on the surface, but my legs are peddling away underneath. In my case, I look disheveled, but my mind is racing, trying to problem solve, trying to cope' Grace Kavanagh