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US men are dying much earlier than women, as death 'gender gap' widens: Study (medicalxpress.com)
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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Men trend more conservative than women overall (6 in 10 committed conservatives are men - pew) so more of them probably fell for the disinformation and denialism during the pandemic. Yes, we know that Republicans died more from COVID, to the tune of 15% more excess deaths.