COVID-19: What is a pandemic teaching us about the impact of sex and gender on health?

0537429 - SOÚ 2021 eng U - Conference, Workshop Arrangement
Crofony, Timea - Rypáčková, Pavla
COVID-19: What is a pandemic teaching us about the impact of sex and gender on health?
[Praha (online), 26.10.2020-26.10.2020, (W-EUR 40/5)]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LTI17013
Institutional support: RVO:68378025
Keywords : gender stereotypes * gender-blind research * medical research * COVID * pandemic
OECD category: Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)
https://genderaveda.cz/pripojte-se-k-online-prednasce-o-covid-19-a-jeho-rozdilnych-dopadech-na-zeny-a-muze/

Most of the currently available data worldwide is showing us that more men a dying of COVID-19, while more women are getting infected. Immunological differences might play a significant role in this as well as differences in pre-existing conditions. In addition, exposure patterns, testing criteria, case definitions and access to healthcare might modify these patterns. In addition to the consequences of the acute infection, COVID-19 is significantly impacting economies, social systems and political priorities.
In the lecture, Sabine Oertelt-Prigione tried to give a general overview of the current situation, starting from a medical standpoint and moving into the wider social consequences of this pandemic. She highlighted how the lack of attention to sex and gender can impact statistics, potential therapies and vaccines, livelihoods and the healthcare sector as a whole.

Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0315150