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SvennoJ on 24 April 2020
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Pyro as Bill said:
SvennoJ said:

That is weird since so far smoking was blamed for the much higher ratio of male deaths vs female deaths in China:

When reading these numbers, it must be taken into account that smoking in China is much more prevalent among males. Smoking increases the risks of respiratory complications.


However males being more vulnerable turned out to be a theme



New York the same 63% of deaths are males, no difference with China yet

USA:

  • Nearly 16 of every 100 adult men (15.6%)
  • About 12 of every 100 adult women (12.0%)

China: 50% of males smoke vs 2% of females.

Is there something else going on?

Smoking was an early theory because of the male female disparity in China. Men have more of the receptor that the virus binds to. Anything that hinders the binding would offer some protection.

Yes, but why is the male to female deaths ratio the same in China and NY, while the male female smokers ratio in US is 1.3 : 1 vs 25 : 1 in China. Half the males in China should have gotten some protection from smoking if that correlation in France holds truth, yet they still died at about the the same 1.75 : 1 ratio. (China 1.78 : 1, NY 1.73 : 1).

If smoking hinders the binding and offers some protection, why is it not showing up in the data. Not to dispute the French findings, but it raises more questions again.