Re:Returning from a Year of Isolation in Antarctica
by twic on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:13AM
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I saw it speculated that one of the reasons children are more resistant to COVID-19 is that they have strong immune systems due to the constant challenge of new viruses they are exposed to at school. But now they aren't at school.
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Re:Returning from a Year of Isolation in Antarctica
by thaumasiotes on Sunday July 05, 2020 @03:43AM
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Eh... children are always more physically robust. For diseases... it's very specific to the disease. Some diseases are particularly nasty to children. Some are particularly harmless to children. That's not a pattern you expect to see if the immune system is measured along a one-dimensional scale of "strength".