Wow, I didn't know about sero-archaeology before. Neat.
Also "Some medical men stated that more males suffered than females" reminded me that way back in 2020 there was a lot of talk about how covid was more severe in men than women, and also many many speculations about other odd risk factors. I don't actually remember if someone proposed that risk was linked to hair color, but it seems like that was the sort of thing going around. Did the gender bias hold up, and if so, why don't we ever hear about it anymore?
The sad fact is, men are more vulnerable to almost everything than women (with the exception of auto-immune diseases, where females are overrepresented). It's not clear if this is another example of that generality or if there is something specific to COVID going on here.
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Date: 2022-01-10 02:09 am (UTC)Also "Some medical men stated that more males suffered than females" reminded me that way back in 2020 there was a lot of talk about how covid was more severe in men than women, and also many many speculations about other odd risk factors. I don't actually remember if someone proposed that risk was linked to hair color, but it seems like that was the sort of thing going around. Did the gender bias hold up, and if so, why don't we ever hear about it anymore?
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Date: 2022-01-10 02:29 am (UTC)The sad fact is, men are more vulnerable to almost everything than women (with the exception of auto-immune diseases, where females are overrepresented). It's not clear if this is another example of that generality or if there is something specific to COVID going on here.
The other odd risk factor that was being investigated a year or two ago was blood type. Again, it's fallen out of the news, but there does seem to be something to it. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210303/why-blood-type-may-matter-for-covid-infection