{"id":4974,"date":"2023-10-17T18:57:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T23:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=4974"},"modified":"2023-10-17T18:57:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T23:57:55","slug":"why-does-covid-19-usually-hit-adults-so-much-harder-than-kids-the-nose-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/10\/17\/why-does-covid-19-usually-hit-adults-so-much-harder-than-kids-the-nose-knows\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does COVID-19 usually hit adults so much harder than kids? The nose knows."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2023\/10\/14\/covid-kids-immune-system-study\/71168768007\/\">USA Today<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been clear since early in the coronavirus pandemic that children \u2012 typically magnets for colds and the flu \u2012 weren&#8217;t getting very sick from COVID-19. Now, a study suggests the answer lies in their noses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell\/pdf\/S0092-8674(23)00978-9.pdf\">study from researchers at Stanford University and Cincinnati Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/a>&nbsp;found the immune systems of younger children typically wipe out the SARS-CoV-2 virus when it arrives in the nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In adults, by contrast, the virus that causes COVID-19 generally reaches the bloodstream before the immune system begins to fight back. That allows the virus to cause more havoc in adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings suggest there may be a way to provide protection for adults by mimicking what is naturally found in children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Children aren&#8217;t just little adults<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>More than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#pediatric-seroprevalence\">90% of children age 4 and younger in the U.S. have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19<\/a>, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But children under 5, who represent about 6% of the U.S. population, account for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?CDC_AA_refVal=https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/cases-updates\/cases-in-us.html#demographics\">far less than 1% of COVID-19 deaths<\/a>\u00a0in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2023\/10\/14\/covid-kids-immune-system-study\/71168768007\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Today It has been clear since early in the coronavirus pandemic that children \u2012 typically magnets for colds and the flu \u2012 weren&#8217;t getting very sick from COVID-19. Now, a study suggests the answer lies in their noses. 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