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Re:Significant sex differences in Covid-19 immune response by dleslie on Monday August 31, 2020 @12:33PM (#24333081)
Or perhaps men produce more mucous in their respiratory system, in general?
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Re:Significant sex differences in Covid-19 immune response by criddell on Monday August 31, 2020 @03:33PM (#24335146)
Is that why professional baseball players can't go more than 45 seconds without spitting?
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Re:Significant sex differences in Covid-19 immune response by bregma on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:23PM (#24335546)
Not to mention scratching their groins. Some kind of immune response is involved in that, I'm sure. No need for the free clinic to get it cured when you're paid as much as an MLB player.
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Re:Significant sex differences in Covid-19 immune response by nitrogen on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:09PM (#24335433)
That's probably tobacco, or at least was stereotyped as such historically.
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Re:Significant sex differences in Covid-19 immune response by criddell on Monday August 31, 2020 @05:27PM (#24336139)
I think you're right. A bunch of ball parks are now tobacco free so it's no longer the case.

It's funny - when you watch the little league world series, the kids spit too.

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Re:Significant sex differences in Covid-19 immune response by kube-system on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:38PM (#24335683)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15735297/
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