Cold and Flus are year round sicknesses that we just can't seem to escape, but it's popular theory that the males of the species are debilitated with the worst one and it is termed 'Man Flu'! Whether you see it as a term meaning men actually experience flu worse or you use to mock the bedridden men of the world, do you believe it is an actual thing? Well, the science provides some surprising results! Join us on a journey of discovery as we find out: Are men genetically disadvantaged against influenza? Is Man Flu worse than women's flu? Or are the boys making a big fuss about the same viral experience? If you love entertaining educational content then Debunked is the YouTube Channel you need to start watching, liking and subscribing to! #debunked #mythsdebunked #theflu #learnmore #biology Sign up to Morning Brew for free today https://morningbrewdaily.com/debunked Sponsored by Morning Brew | CREDITS: Stu K - Producer | Researcher | Co-Writer | Illustrator | Presenter Mark W - Researcher | Writer Ross G - Editor | Animator | Illustrator Robin M - Guest VO SOURCES: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/types.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7185637/ https://www.nature.com/articles/nri.2016.90 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roberta-Gelmini/publication/236142974/figure/fig3/AS:299305765228544@1448371463170/Estradiol-and-Testosterone-serum-levels-and-E2-T-ratio-in-men-and-women-divided-according.png https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399922003324?via%3Dihub https://academic.oup.com/biolreprod/article/78/3/432/2630201 https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajplung.00398.2015