In His Words

In His Words

Male Infants are More Likely to Die from Respiratory Diseases as are other Males

How one Tweet led to a deep dive into deaths related to respiratory disease

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Sean Kullman
Apr 20, 2023
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Infant boys were 59% of respiratory deaths in their age group from 1999-2020

It started with a Tweet on COVID deaths from Richard Reeves, author Of Boys and Men and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, a graphic I posted on Reeves’ original Tweet that showed COVID deaths by age and sex over multiple age groups, and a response by Todd Zywicki, George…

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