Viruses may have evolved to hit men hard but go easy on women or... cf. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13849

Viruses may have evolved to hit men hard but go easy on women The Honourable Schoolboy


or... ... Could selection pressure on viruses bolster men’s claims that they are affected more strongly by colds or flu? It wouldn’t be expected, says Jansen, as mother-to-child transmission isn’t an important route for flu viruses. “To me, man-flu sounds like an excuse for men not to go to work,” he says.

Journal reference: Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13849