Covid-19 death toll grows but US men still more reluctant to wash hands

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Women do more childcare to begin with, and so the closing of schools is more impactful — and more likely alarming — for women’

EMTs load a patient into an ambulance as health workers continued to test people for Covid-19 outside the Brooklyn Hospital Centre in Brooklyn, New York City, US, March 27 2020. Picture: REUTERS/ANDREW KELLY

This gender gap is woven throughout US society: it is clear among men and women of the same race, political persuasion and community type.Women were also much more likely to make big changes to their daily routines, according to the poll, which showed 73% of women reported washing their hands more often and using disinfectants more frequently, compared with 60% of men.

“Then added to this, is that women do more childcare to begin with, and so the closing of schools is more impactful — and more likely alarming — for women.” Similarly, men are more likely than women to strongly agree that the media is creating panic about something that “isn't really a big deal for most people”.

 

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