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 02:29 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