![]() Experts are baffled as to why kids seem protected from the worst effects of the coronavirus, according to the Washington Post. That also means adults are getting hit hardest-especially those who are older and have underlying medical conditions. While kids are the primary culprits for flu transmission, this coronavirus seems to be passed between adults. Don’t blame snotty kids-adults are passing coronavirus around.The WHO warned that context is key (someone who contracts coronavirus might already have been fighting another condition, for example). The flu can sometimes cause a secondary infection, usually pneumonia, but it’s rare for a flu patient to get two infections after the flu. As if contracting coronavirus wasn’t bad enough, it leads to about two more secondary infections on average. Some people start shedding the coronavirus within two days of contracting it, and before they show symptoms, although this probably isn’t the main way it is spreading, the WHO says. Shedding: Viral shedding is what happens when a virus has infected a host, has reproduced, and is now being released into the environment.Coronavirus’s serial interval is around five to six days, while flu’s gap between cases is more like three days, the WHO says. The flu has a shorter incubation period (the time it takes for an infected person to show symptoms) and a shorter serial interval (or the time between successive cases). This is probably the biggest difference between the two. Coronavirus appears to spread more slowly than the flu.Here are six differences between coronavirus and the flu: From an MIT Technology Review article (March 11, 2020):
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