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I'm an MSTP student near the end of my PhD and am thinking about medical specialties, right now I'm considering pathology or IM --> hem/onc. But after some recent talks that have sparked my interest, I am beginning to wonder if Infectious Disease could also be a good fit for me. The only issue is that I myself am immunocompromised (common variable immunodeficiency.) My symptoms are not super bad and I recently started treatment for it, but I still wonder if it's a bad idea to deliberately expose myself to a bunch of, well, infectious diseases. I know that docs wear PPE when seeing patients with contagious diseases but does anyone think there is still a significant risk? Obviously I'm going to shadow ID docs, think more about it, maybe do an elective, etc. It's more of just wondering if I should even consider this specialty.