<p>A strange pattern has surfaced ever since early reports of Covid-19 started pouring in around June, 2020.</p>.<p>The reports suggested that those hospitalised with serious cases of Covid-19 were largely men, usually above the age of 50, whereas those underdoing long spells of the infection were mostly women.</p>.<p>Following studies at a Paris hospital conducted during May-July in 2020, Covid long haulers were seen to be mainly women (average age of 40) who outnumbered men by 4 to 1, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/13/why-are-women-more-prone-to-long-covid?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" target="_blank">according</a> to <em>The Guardian</em>.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/fact-check-does-covid-19-vaccine-make-you-magnetic-997282.html" target="_blank">Fact-check: Does Covid-19 vaccine make you 'magnetic'? </a></strong></p>.<p>This pattern has only received more confirmation over the past year as it was observed in Covid cases around the world from Russia to Bangladesh: Women tend to be Covid long haulers.</p>.<p>An overwhelming 60 per cent of a Colorado doctor’s patients at a post-Covid care clinic were women.</p>.<p>“This pattern has been seen in other post-infectious syndromes,” said Dr Melissa Heightman, from the UCLH post-Covid care clinic, North London.</p>.<p>“Around 66 per cent of our patients have been women. A lot of them were in full-time jobs, have young children, and now more than a quarter of them are completely unable to work because they’re so unwell. Economically, it’s a bit of a catastrophe.”</p>.<p>Swedish researcher Dr Petter Brodin, who leads the long Covid arm of the Covid Human Genetic Effort global consortium, fears the percentage of women long-haulers were even greater, 70-80 per cent.</p>.<p>“In general, there’s not as much research money and attention on conditions that primarily affect women,” says Julie Nusbaum, assistant professor at NYU Long Island School of Medicine, according to <em>The Guardian</em>.</p>.<p>“That’s just a general disparity in medical research. I think certain biases persist that when women present with a lot of body aches or pains, there’s more often an emotional or personality component to it than medical origin.”</p>
<p>A strange pattern has surfaced ever since early reports of Covid-19 started pouring in around June, 2020.</p>.<p>The reports suggested that those hospitalised with serious cases of Covid-19 were largely men, usually above the age of 50, whereas those underdoing long spells of the infection were mostly women.</p>.<p>Following studies at a Paris hospital conducted during May-July in 2020, Covid long haulers were seen to be mainly women (average age of 40) who outnumbered men by 4 to 1, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/13/why-are-women-more-prone-to-long-covid?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" target="_blank">according</a> to <em>The Guardian</em>.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/fact-check-does-covid-19-vaccine-make-you-magnetic-997282.html" target="_blank">Fact-check: Does Covid-19 vaccine make you 'magnetic'? </a></strong></p>.<p>This pattern has only received more confirmation over the past year as it was observed in Covid cases around the world from Russia to Bangladesh: Women tend to be Covid long haulers.</p>.<p>An overwhelming 60 per cent of a Colorado doctor’s patients at a post-Covid care clinic were women.</p>.<p>“This pattern has been seen in other post-infectious syndromes,” said Dr Melissa Heightman, from the UCLH post-Covid care clinic, North London.</p>.<p>“Around 66 per cent of our patients have been women. A lot of them were in full-time jobs, have young children, and now more than a quarter of them are completely unable to work because they’re so unwell. Economically, it’s a bit of a catastrophe.”</p>.<p>Swedish researcher Dr Petter Brodin, who leads the long Covid arm of the Covid Human Genetic Effort global consortium, fears the percentage of women long-haulers were even greater, 70-80 per cent.</p>.<p>“In general, there’s not as much research money and attention on conditions that primarily affect women,” says Julie Nusbaum, assistant professor at NYU Long Island School of Medicine, according to <em>The Guardian</em>.</p>.<p>“That’s just a general disparity in medical research. I think certain biases persist that when women present with a lot of body aches or pains, there’s more often an emotional or personality component to it than medical origin.”</p>
