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Men experience more severe cold and flu symptoms than women, a belief known as man flu.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that men experience more severe cold and flu symptoms than women, a belief known as man flu?

Partly. One reference work reports an Innsbruck study finding no uniquely severe male sensitivity to flu, while noting men with the highest testosterone may respond less well to vaccination; a separate review reports men with COVID-19 have greater disease severity than women, though that is a different illness. Neither source settles the claim about cold and flu specifically.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 1 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 1
Men and COVID-19: A Pathophysiologic Review
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Men and COVID-19: A Pathophysiologic Review. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988320954021

Evidence against · 1
Man flu
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Man flu. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_flu

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