Is there a link between coronavirus severity and testosterone? Some articles are saying that being male is as much a risk factor for coronavirus as being old.
Testosterone is an immunosuppressant. This is widely known in evolutionary biology. It modulates the tradeoff between short-term mating effort and long-term health.
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Ya, I was listening to a podcast and the guest, some epidemiologist was saying that the greater risk for males was true not only of COVID 19, but also other viral diseases
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Man cold is a thing for a reason.
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@Blagosklonny what's your take on this as regards hyperfunction, and that what's good when your young is bad when you're old, i.e. growth. -
Testosterone activates mTOR, promoting hypertrophy and hyperfunctions. Men age faster and live shorter than women and have higher mortality rate from age-related diseases. Higher biological age. And mortality from COVID depends on biological age and its diseases
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That article is 21 years old. Keep searches within a 10 year period of the current year for more current data.
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I believe Rogan discussed this at length in the last couple of weeks.
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ok so that's why moderate endurance exercises help with immune system lol
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In the Spanish flu epidemic, a strong immune response was what killed young people with resultant cytokine storm. It's not obvious to me what a "strong immune system" is, it's a terrible term for something which requires specificity and a measured response that doesn't kill you
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