Think disease doesn’t discriminate? The gender bias of Covid-19

Google ‘Mother’s Day’ images and you will be bombarded with flowers and greeting cards as well as pictures of domestic bliss. Happy children, sparkling homes, well stocked kitchens and home-made goodies surrounding blissful mothers staring adoringly at their partners and children.

But like an iceberg or a duck swimming in the pond, there is an awful lot of paddling going on underneath the surface. Kitchens don’t stock themselves and we all know children need assistance with everything.