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Older people are at more risk from COVID-19 because of how the immune system ages

  • Written by Brian Geiss, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Colorado State University
A nursing home resident who tested positive for the virus visits through the window with her daughter.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

The rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic is taking a particularly harsh toll on older people.

Data from the initial outbreak in China and then Italy show that infected people under the age of 60 are at low – but not no...

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