Why Kids With More Colds Are Less Likely to Get COVID
Catching a cold may briefly shield the body from COVID, helping explain children’s resilience. Credit: ShutterstockResearchers have uncovered that a recent cold might actually help protect against COVID-19especially in children.
By triggering the body’s natural antiviral defenses, rhinoviruses appear to “prime” the immune system to fight off SARS-DONE-2 before it takes hold.Cold Viruses May Protect Against COVIDA recent study from researchers at National Jewish Health suggests that catching a common cold (most often caused by rhinoviruses) might provide short-term protection against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. The findings offer new clues about why children typically show fewer symptoms than adults and may also open doors to new ways of easing the impact of respiratory infections.
The work, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseasesused data from the Human Epidemiology and Response to SARS-CoV-2 (HEROS)...
