Posted on 02/13/2020 5:19:22 AM PST by blam
Scientists believe that males could be more vulnerable to the coronavirus because they may have a weaker immune response to the disease, according to a column by Financial Times.
The virus has killed roughly 1,300 people and infected over 48,000 worldwide as of Thursday. Another case was discovered in San Diego Calif. on Wednesday, bringing the total U.S. infected to 14.
Roughly two-thirds of 99 infected patients admitted to a Wuhan hospital last month were men, science writer Anjana Ahuja wrote, citing a Lancet medical study published on Jan. 30.
"It is an eye-catching discrepancy," Ahuja wrote. "A picture is emerging of 2019-nCoV [now COVID-19] as a novel pathogen that disproportionately affects older men, particularly those with existing illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes."
She said possible reasons for the differences between men and women could be smoking, a variation of hospital treatment and hormonal differences which could impact males' immune system response.
Females are prone to autoimmune diseases, which causes parts of their immune system to become stronger to compensate, resulting in a possible stronger response to the coronavirus, according to FT. Women routinely outlive men by six to eight years and are more likely to reach their first birthday, according to the World Health Organization [WHO].
Stanley Perlman, an immunologist at the University of Iowa and his colleagues suggested that hormones, including Estrogen, could be a possible defense against the virus.
Perlman studied how SARS -- a disease often compared with coronavirus -- impacts male and female mice. He concluded that male mice were affected in greater number, while adding that his study was consistent across coronaviruses as well, according to FT.
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I blame feminists.
It’s been reported that Inovio has developed a vaccine which will be available by summer.
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-vaccine-san-diego/509-e18e37f6-347c-4b08-ad33-910968abb04f
Or maybe because it is more inconvenient for the Communist government to keep them around?
At least I don’t get PMS. Although some of the males I see on TV exhibit those symptoms.
It is more likely that it is because the supermajority of male Chinese nationals are smokers and as such have compromised lung function and capacity.
This could be enough to get me out of some errands for a few weeks. ;)
I’m not buying any of this. I’ve been assured that there is no difference between women and men.
Sekcist!
I’ve never met a Chinese guy >50 who does not smoke.
Am I being paranoid, or might this be the desired end point here?
We're adding estrogen to the water supply for your own good!
The fact that it makes the population more tractable and dependent on the government is not the reason at all!
Will transsexuals be able to sue the virus for not infecting and affecting them based on their chosen “gender”?
How would it affect Peter Buttigiag?
“Or maybe because it is more inconvenient for the Communist government to keep them around?”
After decades of aborting female fetuses, maybe they are just trying to bring the population back into balance.
Yep. There is that. Plus the pictures of the Hong Kong protesters appear to be about 80% male.
I think i need some Applejack.
I wish I could give a case of coronavirus to this damned mouse I've got under the big sectional sofa in my living room. He refuses to be caught; won't go near traps of any kind, and won't eat poison. I've got a spy cam on him, and he's pretty comical to watch, but it's getting old.
The Chinese government probably had intentions to turn it loose on the American population. They would have use for more females.
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