Why is the 'Gender Data Gap' in medicine dangerous?

Because the real data gap in medicine pertains to sex (M+F). So why are activists using 'gender', when the correct word in this case is 'sex'?

Sex is not gender.
A short thread on the importance of sex in medicine.

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Right now the conflation in science between the words sex/gender has become so widespread that both words have lost their original meaning.

In describing the dimorphic immune response to viral infections like #COVID19, is it sex or gender?

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When we speak about the mammalian female survival advantage that results in women outliving men everywhere around the world regardless of circumstances, isn't this sex?

For some institutions, apparently not.

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Back to #COVID19.

Behaviors can affect exposure to COVID. But, does COVID-19, a single stranded RNA virus preferentially kill by gender, or sex?

https://www.pharmacynetworknews.com/gender-imbalance-in-covid-19-deaths

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When researching the biological differences in immunological responses to viruses like #COVID19, or the differences in drug metabolism, shouldn't we be using a biologically salient term like sex?

Not doing so is dangerous for everyone.

#TheBetterHalf

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