Covid 19 coronavirus: Men over 1.8m tall twice as likely to get infected, study claims – New Zealand Herald

Tall people could face a greater risk of getting Covid-19, according to research that adds weight to the theory the disease is airborne.
Data from 2,000 people in the UK and US showed men above 1.82m (6ft) were twice as likely to be diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Women also had higher odds if they were over 1.82m tall. But there were so few in the study, the results are not reliable.
The researchers said the findings do not necessarily mean tall people are somehow genetically more vulnera…

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