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Women Are Bearing the Brunt of Coronavirus Disruption
In strictly medical terms, the new coronavirus seems to hit men harder than women.
12 Mar 2020, 06:43 AM IST
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- In strictly medical terms, the new coronavirus seems to hit men harder than women. In an analysis of nearly 45,000 cases in China, the death rate was 2.8% for men, compared with 1.7% for women. And men made up a slight majority of the infected, at 51%. One theory is that men, particularly in China, are more likely to smoke cigarettes, so have weaker lungs. Cardiovascular disease, which is highly correlated...
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