{"id":6067,"date":"2024-03-12T17:36:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T22:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=6067"},"modified":"2024-03-12T17:36:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T22:36:41","slug":"four-years-on-the-mysteries-of-covid-are-unraveling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/03\/12\/four-years-on-the-mysteries-of-covid-are-unraveling\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Years On, the Mysteries of Covid Are Unraveling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York Times<\/a> Are superdodgers real? Is Covid seasonal? And what\u2019s behind its strangest symptoms? Here\u2019s what we\u2019ve learned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, nearly everything about the novel coronavirus was an open question: How was it spreading so quickly? How sick would it make people? Would a single bout buy you protection from future cases?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the four years since, scientists have unraveled some of the biggest mysteries about Covid. We now know far more about how it spreads (no, standing six feet apart isn\u2019t surefire protection), why it doesn\u2019t seem to make children as sick as adults and what\u2019s behind the strange symptoms it can cause, from brain fog to \u201cCovid toe.\u201d Here\u2019s a look at what we\u2019ve learned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n