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But infants aren't really susceptible to covid (not sure if they get it less frequently or not, but they very rarely develop strong symptoms). This is in contra
by jeffreyrogers 5y ago
But infants aren't really susceptible to covid (not sure if they get it less frequently or not, but they very rarely develop strong symptoms). This is in contrast to flu which strongly affects children, so I'm not sure that exposure in utero would have as strong an effect as in 1918. But maybe sick mothers are have an impact on the fetus.
- Jarwain 5y agoI think sick mothers play a part. I wonder if another part might just be resource allocation to immune response? Resources spent fighting disease aren't spent on development? Idk though this is pure uninformed speculation