, Lexington, KY, USA.
Biol Sex Differ. 2022 Jun 8;13(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s13293-022-00435-1.
Sex and gender inclusion are crucial in bringing COVID-19 to an end and preventing the next pandemic. Despite this, almost all research studies on COVID-19 and clinical trials of vaccines do not include data on women. How can we combat the pandemic if half of the human population is left out of COVID-19 research? The life-long consequences of this neglect could be severe for women all over the world, particularly with the emergence of new variants that could exaggerate sex differences even further. Here I review recent studies and argue that taking a gender/sex approach to the study of this pandemic would expedite its end and improve the general health of women in substantial ways.
将性别平等纳入考量对于终结新冠疫情和防止下一次大流行至关重要。然而，几乎所有关于新冠疫情的研究和疫苗临床试验都没有纳入女性的数据。如果将一半的人口排除在新冠研究之外，我们如何能够抗击疫情？这种忽视可能会给全世界的女性带来严重的后果，尤其是随着新变体的出现，可能会进一步加剧性别差异。在此，我回顾了最近的研究，并认为采取一种性别方法来研究这场大流行将加速其终结，并在很大程度上改善女性的整体健康状况。
