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[–]MarkTwainiac 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I forgot to respond to this:

On a biochemical level, yes, I would view them [the two sexes] as the same. If that weren't the case, there would be a need for a male-only covid vaccine and a female-only vaccine.

The fact that you would say this shows not only that you are unaware of the myriad fundamental differences between human male & female immune function, but you've also never looked into the history of women's exclusion from most drug trials including vaccine trials, you're clueless about the different ways females from infancy on respond to vaccines - and you don't even pay attention to the news about COVID and its vaccines.

https://www.wavy.com/covid-19-vaccine/covid-19-vaccine-may-impact-women-differently/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/04/10/covid-vaccine-women-report-more-side-effects-than-men-heres-why/7139366002/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33916167/#&gid=article-figures&pid=figure-1-uid-0

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8037587/table/jcm-10-01441-t001/?report=objectonly

What's happening with the COVID vaccines is not at all unusual. Journal article from 2014:

Biological (ie, sex) differences as well as cultural (ie, gender) norms influence the acceptance and efficacy of vaccines for males and females. These differences are often overlooked in the design and implementation of vaccination strategies. Using seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines, we document profound differences between the sexes in the acceptance, correlates of protection, and adverse reactions following vaccination in both young and older adults.

Females develop higher antibody responses, experience more adverse reactions to influenza vaccines, and show greater vaccine efficacy than males. Despite greater vaccine efficacy in females, both young and older females are often less likely to accept influenza vaccines than their male counterparts. Identification of the biological mechanisms, including the hormones and genes, that underlie differential responses to vaccination is necessary.

We propose that vaccines should be matched to an individual's biological sex, which could involve systematically tailoring diverse types of FDA-approved influenza vaccines separately for males and females. One goal for vaccines designed to protect against influenza and even other infectious diseases should be to increase the correlates of protection in males and reduce adverse reactions in females in an effort to increase acceptance and vaccine-induced protection in both sexes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157517/