You make a good point, Covid barely bothered men before late 2019.
But that doesn't actually address the question. Why not women, who have less testosterone? Just because men have less than a generation ago, they still probably have more than women.
This CoViD outbreak is the worst on record, you’re right.
Source on that? Or just a quip about a lack of perceived "toughness"?
That article starts off with interesting science (T dropping 50% in a century, T possibly boosted for a generation by cigarettes, etc) and then takes a weird turn at Tyler Cowen and meanders into speculative woods.
Do you have a source for 'cigarettes boost T'? Is it the nicotine or some other chemical in cigarettes?
Not the best immediate source, but it identifies a study which you can look up if this isn't satisfactory:
If you cut and paste the comment you are replying to into ddg/google you literally get hundreds of references. It’s a very well known phenomenon linked especially to increased obesity.