Boffins have finally told us what men have always known - man flu is real and due to lack of antibodies it affects them more than it does women Man flu is real say boffins (Image: Getty Images)

Man flu does exist, according to blokes. Some 68% of geezers quizzed said the cold-like symptoms are no myth. ‌

And 67% of fellas insist they are struck down far worse than their partner when they are ill, the poll by supermarket giant Asda found. And boffins have backed up the claims that man flu is officially an illness. It comes as a new Covid variant is identified - which is exactly what we all don't need. ‌

Robert H. Shmerling, from Harvard Health Publishing in the US, said: “In one study reviewing six years of data, men were hospitalised with the flu more often than women.

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