What mechanism?
Because if it kills by cytokine storm, children are less vulnerable; their bodies rely more upon the innate immune system.
Good point. Well this novelle virus has been living in bats only for quite awhile. Figure no more than 10,000 to 100,000 little bats at a time. Now it is propagating in the giant lungs of humans. A new species for the virus as it morphs a couple bits of DNA with just about every generation. We have no idea where the vampire will end up. We do know it hates the sun.