Great, maybe I'll start wearing a surgical mask on the subway BEFORE my next stem-cell transplant.
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/enterovirus-68-case-confirmed-new-jersey-cdc-article-1.1942981
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:48 (eleven years ago)
this may be stupid, but can adults catch this too? all my googling has come up fruitless...
― juicebox, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:47 (eleven years ago)
apparently so
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:52 (eleven years ago)
As a general rule, adults can catch the same diseases that infants/children/teens can. That being said, often children are more susceptible to diseases due to physiology (i.e. eustachian tubes are tiny compared to adults so babies and kids get a lot more ear infections) and they are exposed to a lot more diseases (due to being in close quarters with other kids at school - many of whom are also not so great at hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes, etc.).
― Sara R-C, Friday, 19 September 2014 06:26 (eleven years ago)