why would vaccines be more effective on women?

Women better equipped to fight infections?

In the face of the pandemic that has hit the world for months, vaccines have been prepared to immunize populations as much as possible. Only a team of scientists found that these vaccines could be much more effective in women.

Jean-Daniel Lelièvre, head of the infectious diseases department at Hôpital Henri-Mondor said this stating that “it is likely that vaccines against the COVID-19 they are more effective in women“.

Second The Dispatch, this specialist is telling the truth. In fact, women have been shown to be more immune and better equipped against infections than men. This is a whole story of genetics:

Many immunity genes are found on the X chromosome. Women have two X chromosomes, while men only have one.

Details Jean-Daniel Lelièvre a The Dispatch.

How to explain this phenomenon? Women would be better protected against infections because they create much greater natural resistance than men, who have antibodies that fall off more quickly.
From these results, Professor Lelièvre, the Institut Pasteur and the University Hospital of Strasbourg found that vaccines would be much more “useful” for women:

We know that for a very large number of vaccines, the effectiveness is greater in women.

These results were taken from a study conducted by Samira Fafi-Kremer, director of the Strasbourg Institute of Virology. His goal was to find answers about men’s immunity. According to her, hormones play a crucial role:

“There may also be a hormonal explanation, maybe estrogen plays a role”

Clear answers that may interest new health professionals.

Case to be continued.