Male doctors are 12 times more likely to die from Covid-19 than their female colleagues.

NapkinZhangy · 2020-05-02T19:24:48+00:00

I can probably answer this as I am a physician. Males tend to pick specialties that are more exposed to corona and are currently working the front lines (ER, ICU). Furthermore, the specialties most likely to get redeployed since their elective cases are canceled (e.g. general surgery, ortho, etc) are also predominantly male. On the other hand, more females are in specialties like pediatrics and OBGYN, which tends to be more protected from corona.

I'm a guy and im an OBGYN. We send all suspected covid patients to the covid team. We also won't get "redeployed" outside of our specialty because we need to cover our own L&D.

Diesel-66 · 2020-05-02T17:07:18+00:00

Wonder how much of this is based on Dr speciality. Those working the ER and ICU are facing a much higher risk

Peti_Fa · 2020-05-02T15:30:01+00:00

I read this in r/Corona and wanted to post it here.

Curious what spin this will get, to justify the victimhood of "womyn". Btw. The ones complaining are most like not those that are affected anyhow: genderstudy graduates tend not to work in useful positions, such as hospitals.

LegendaryEmu1 · 2020-05-03T00:18:12+00:00

Weird that I only see how women need relief and donations and help during the wuhan virus situation. If men make up less than a quarter of those on the front lines, but are half the deaths, you'd think that would tell people something.

I'm sure they twist it to say 'WOMEN ARE THE MAJORITY OF PANDEMIC DEATHS, *GASP*!' At least in the UK, we already know thats not the case in China(even though they are actively lying about their numbers) and Italy among other places.

Raborne · 2020-05-02T18:51:36+00:00

There are a few things that go into this. These are all generalizations. Men are less likely to "Feel" sick when they are. Men are less likely to seek medical attention for any condition that women. Men are more likely to shrug off fatigue from sickness as "just being tired." These are just some common problems men face, and 90% of it isn't their fault.

DanteLivra · 2020-05-02T19:24:05+00:00

That's so many wives that are gonna loose their husband.

Women are really the ones getting the worst part of this pandemic.

Micsuking · 2020-05-02T23:17:29+00:00

I get that this is a sad thing. But is COVID sexist or something? It's not like anyone is at fault here for this...

It's just a fact that professions (EMT, Surgeons, etc.) that are put on the front lines against the Virus have a majority male work force.

2020-05-03T02:34:39+00:00

Men are about 1.6X more likely to die than women of Corona so why is it so much higher for doctors?

TheTuskegeeAirman · 2020-05-03T17:26:06+00:00

I'd only wonder why this didnt come up on NYT along with the article about "How blacks are unfairly getting corona"

AleksandrosIII · 2020-05-02T17:40:30+00:00

I feel like this sub has been turning into a: "haha women bad bcoz men die more hahahaha" kinda place.

Title	Male doctors are 12 times more likely to die from Covid-19 than their female colleagues.
Author	JohnKimble111
Upvotes	259
Comments	25
Date	May 2, 2020 3:07 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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