Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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^ or in Gaza where my friend is.

Behold the Great Supreme Leader's wisdom!! ! The head of the great ret- *coughh* "Persian" empire.

Now is the time for humanity to unite and find solutions against a common enemy. But some stubborn old fools will refuse to let go of their grudges, and divide us further.

The conspiracy theories floating around are comical.
I’ve heard that it’s Bill Gates virus and he has a patent on it.
That this has been in the works so they can bust a huge pedophile ring involving Oprah and Ellen and the Clinton’s.
The usual one world order take over.
Population control by the elites, whoever they are.

One of the trends that I noted very early on in this thread was that men in China were more susceptible to the coronavirus than women.

So has this trend carried over to Italy.

Over all, men represented 58 percent of 25,058 coronavirus cases in Italy, and 70 percent of the 1,697 deaths described in the report.

Women appear to have stronger immune systems than men. The female sex hormone estrogen appears to play a role in immunity, as does the X chromosome, which contains immune-related genes. Women carry two X chromosomes; men only one.

From an article published in September 2011:

Women not only live longer than men, they also appear to be in more robust health. A new hypothesis offers a reason why: it's in their genes.

Women are known to have a lower incidence of cancer — men have a two- to five-fold greater risk of developing the disease. Women are also better able to survive trauma, and, according to some reports, don't get as seriously ill from bacterial and viral infections.

In a new paper, researchers from Ghent University in Belgium argue these sex-specific health disparities may be due, at least in part, to tiny pieces of genetic material called microRNAs. The main function of microRNAs in cells is to turn off, or "silence," specific genes. The researchers say microRNAs located on the female X chromosome may give women an immune system advantage over males.

In humans, sex is genetic: Females have two X chromosomes, while males have one X and one Y. However, in females, one X chromosome in each cell in the body is randomly shut off, or inactivated, while the embryo is developing.

Here is where the researchers think the microRNAs come in. The X chromosome contains 10 percent of all microRNAs in the human genome. The Y chromosome has none. Some of the microRNAs on the X chromosome are thought to be involved in immune system function and cancer development.

If a microRNA did something "good," like help control cell growth, having two copies of that microRNA might provide females with extra protection against cancer. The same would be true for microRNAs that played a role in immune function.

As a real-life example, septic patients (who have widespread bacterial infections) have low levels of a particular microRNA found on the X chromosome, the researchers said.Thus, this particular microRNA may offer some protection against sepsis.

Source: Why Women Have Stronger Immune Systems than Men

Young adult men also died at higher rates than female peers during the influenza epidemic of 1918.

So I guess the point that I am making is that if you are female and stress out over the possibility of contracting this virus, take a deep breath and relax a little. You have 2 "X" chromosomes to protect you whereas I have only one.