The News and Observer reports that there is much to learn about the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19, recognizing why it is more contagious and how symptoms can differ.
“People who are now getting COVID-19 are largely younger and younger people,” said David Wohl, MD, a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases. He emphasized that younger people have “different patterns of symptoms” than older people, and men can have different patterns than women.
“It may just be a feature of who’s getting infected, rather than just what the virus is infecting,” Wohl said. “It’s hard to untangle.”