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When reporting corona deaths, why are they reporting only male and female and NOT the other 55 sexes?
10 Answers
- Anonymous12 months ago
Cause there are only TWO. Male and female.
- Anonymous12 months ago
Because there's just one other SEXE, and they are so rare that many countries don't acknowledge them.
I think the netherlands started acknowledging them by issuing passports with "sexe: other" last year (=2019)
Genders are a different matter
- nineteenthlyLv 712 months ago
Journalism tends to simplify the information it discovers because the educational level of the public tends to be very low. In fact, research is being done into Turner and Klinefelter morbidity because it's been difficult to work out why death rates are different in females and males. As a trans woman, I recently took part in a brief research questionnaire on my Covid-19 susceptibility precisely because I'm trans. It was conducted by 23andme. So the answer is that they are looking at others and collecting statistics, but they need to present a clear and simple message to the public.
- The_Doc_ManLv 712 months ago
Consider it lucky if they at least do the autopsy well enough to confirm a corona death. You wanted more precise demographics? They don't have time for that.
- Anonymous12 months ago
Isn’t it time for med?
- Anonymous12 months ago
Just to be a pendant, sex is the physical expression of chromosomes, GENDER is the cultural construct applied to sex and the one you're trying to get riled up about.
- Anonymous12 months ago
there's no way to keep stats on things that don't exist.