Re:Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with...
by elihu on Monday April 20, 2020 @06:03PM
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> Another interesting aspect of the result was 6% of men showed antibodies but only 2% of women tested.
That is interesting. So far, men are more likely to die of covid-19 (almost a 2:1 ratio) than women; if this is a repeatable result it would seem to suggest that the reason is that fewer women are becoming infected, not that women are somehow less likely to exhibit extreme symptoms when infected.
Re:Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with...
by guscost on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @01:22AM
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Or that women are less likely to need antibodies to clear this infection. Not everyone develops antibodies for every disease, the immune system is super complicated.
That is interesting. So far, men are more likely to die of covid-19 (almost a 2:1 ratio) than women; if this is a repeatable result it would seem to suggest that the reason is that fewer women are becoming infected, not that women are somehow less likely to exhibit extreme symptoms when infected.