(Mis-)understanding COVID-19 and digit ratio: Methodological and statistical issues in Manning and Fink (2020)

Alex L. Jones; Liam Satchell; Bastian Jaeger; Christoph Schild

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105095

(Mis-)understanding COVID-19 and digit ratio: Methodological and statistical issues in Manning and Fink (2020)

Alex L. Jones^*, Liam Satchell, Bastian Jaeger, Christoph Schild

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Manning and Fink (2020) report that country level mean 2D:4D is associated with COVID-19 case fatality ratio and percentage of male deaths. We discuss here a range of methodological and statistical issues with Manning and Fink's work that offer a different interpretation of their claims.

Original language	English
Article number	105095
Number of pages	2
Journal	Early Human Development
Volume	148
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105095
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
Female
Humans
Male
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
Sex Characteristics

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