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Afaik, the relative mortality of men and women varried during pandemic, but overall does not seem to be in 2-3x difference.



It was 2-3x for intensive care, 1.4x for death

"male patients have almost three times the odds of requiring intensive treatment unit (ITU) admission (OR = 2.84; 95% CI = 2.06, 3.92) and higher odds of death (OR = 1.39; 95% CI = 1.31, 1.47) compared to females. With few exceptions, the sex bias observed in COVID-19 is a worldwide phenomenon."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19741-6#:~:text=T....




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