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Why do kids tend to have milder COVID? This new study gives us a clue – The Conversation AU
Children in the study seemed to display a very strong “innate” immune response.
A new Australian study, published overnight in Nature Communications, gives an insight into how kids immune systems respond to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Its the first study, to my knowledge, that directly compares children and adults with mild COVID.
Children are less likely to become infected, and when they are, they are more likely to be asymptomatic. This is in contrast to other viral and respiratory infections that are more prevalent among young people.
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