One had observed everywhere, from the beginning of the pandemic, that deaths of men are more than double those of women. “I see it as an interaction of all of these factors: genes, hormones, the immune system, or behavior … and it isn’t unique to the SARS-Cov-2 virus – the different response of men and women is typical of many diseases in many mammals,” explains Prof. Jenny Graves, professor of Genetics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. “Men and women are biologically different in their chromosomes and genes. … It is hormones, produced from different genetic backgrounds, that control the many and obvious differences between men and women … also influencing their respective behaviors.” The Australian professor concludes: “Sex differences in the frequency, severity and treatment efficacy for many diseases were pointed out long ago. … This isn’t just humans – it is true of most mammals.”[3]

A study of 5,700 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in New York hospitals showed that 61% were male. And the male mortality rate was almost double that of the female one.[4]

“The novel coronavirus tends to affect men more severely than it does women. Though nobody can yet explain the oddity, researchers are hot on the case. It’s possible that the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone play a role, according to previous research on respiratory illnesses. Or perhaps it’s because the X chromosome (which women have two of, but men have only one) has a larger number of immune-related genes, giving women a more robust immune system to fight off the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Or, maybe the virus is hiding in the testes, which has abundant expression of ACE2 receptors, the portal that allows SARS-CoV-2 into cells.”[5]

The same phenomenon had already been observed on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) epidemic, a SARS that hit the Middle East in 2016, killing far more men than women. So much so that the Arabs jokingly called it “the male influenza.”[6]

A large number of examples can be drawn from academic publications.

Still, governments have responded by issuing equal health protocols for men and women. This is enraging feminist and LGBT activists, who complain of “a lack of gender perspective” in government responses to the pandemic.

“To address all the needs of women during the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to develop our vision of gender and understand the gender roles and inequities that women and girls face on a daily basis. … We must incorporate this vision of gender into our response to epidemics,” writes Spanish feminist Elena Marbán.[7] She, therefore, proposes “gender inequality in the response to the new coronavirus” perhaps without realizing this destroys the roots of feminist and LGBT ideology, founded precisely on gender equality.

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