More women than men in Canada are getting COVID-19 and dying from it - Business Insider

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Unlike the rest of the world, Canada is seeing more COVID-19 deaths in women than in men. Here's why.

While research is still underway and the lack of community sampling doesn't show the full picture, some experts believe that there are several explanations as to why the province — and Canada as a whole — is seeing a gender difference of infection and death rates, compared with the rest of the world.

A worker looks out after police officers placed butterfly stickers on windows at a retirement residence on Mother's Day, after several residents died of the coronavirus disease in Pickering, Ontario, Canada May 10, 2020.The virus was first brought into care homes by family members who had taken trips abroad during the province's early March break.

"I actually think what we're doing is taking a population that is around 75% female, exposing them to the virus, and that female portion of that population is older than the male fraction so they're more at risk for bad outcomes and shockingly, this is what you're seeing." Eric Thomas / AFP via Getty Images

"People haven't taken into account when they look at the male and female statistics, the fact that it shouldn't be just 50/50. It should be 60/40, for example, because women live older than men," Goulder told Business Insider

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no clear pattern of death. no clear pattern of biochemical changes no clear pattern and ratio of deaths or moralities, these factors simply indicates spontaneous death or other underlying death causes are being associated with covid-19. Media is always senseless who donot know

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