According to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, women are reporting stronger side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine than men.
Based on the first 13.7 million shots give in the U.S., according to the report, over 79% of the 6,994 people who reported side effects were women.
Dr. Darrin D’Agostino, executive dean of Kansas City University, told FOX5 in San Diego, he wasn’t at all surprised by the report.
“We’ve known for years that women tend to react stronger to vaccines. We see that in just about all of the vaccines that we give,” D’Agostino said. “So this is not so much a surprise.”
D’Agostino listed five reasons why he believes women tend to report stronger side effects.
1. Women tend to be more likely to report side effects.
2. Women see doctors more often than men and pay more attention to their health than men.
3. Estrogen drives the immune system in women twice as much as in men.
4. The immune system resides on the X chromosome, and women have two, compared with men, who have one.
5. Women tend to absorb medications better than men do.
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