Coronavirus has a feature that distinguishes it from the flu.
“Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, citing Business Insider, reports that during an influenza epidemic, even in its severe form, the bulk of the population is protected from the disease due to immunity or vaccinations. Specialist in infectious diseases from the University. Abigail Carlson of Washington in St. Louis clarifies that people with immunity help protect the entire community from influenza.
“When a virus enters their body, it is at an impasse. People don’t get sick, don’t transmit the infection and stop the spread of the virus, ”the infectious disease specialist from the USA explained.
Of course, protective collective immunity is not a panacea, because many people die from the flu every year, but it helps keep the epidemic at a level that will not be catastrophic.
With coronavirus, the situation is different. People do not have collective immunity to it, so the disease remains very contagious.
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