I like how jigglypuff is so defensive about his fatness that he has the same stock response ready to copy and paste, whenever someone confronts him with the hard truth that being obese is a covid comorbidity and a key predictor of death or serious complications. https://youtu.be/o4I_4i0_LeU?t=43
Kinder12 seems to be one of those people who like to keep it simple. Here's a by-no-means-complete list of other things that can give you or your loved ones an extra-hard time when they catch covid: asthma, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, diabetes, emphysema, epilepsy, high blood pressure, kidney disease, motor neurone disease (MND), multiple sclerosis (MS), neurofibromatosis, parkinson's disease, pneumonia, sleep apnea, ...
Then there are the people taking immunosuppressive medications after organ transplants or for conditions such as addison disease, matomyositis, graves disease, hashimoto thyroiditis, pernicious anemia, arthritis, lupus, and others.
He's entitled to his opinions, but where's the science folks? What studies does he have to back up those opinions up?
Don't forget that doctors used to encourage people to smoke long after the studies started to show the harm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsWZCf_YMw
Lots more interesting links here: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2012/01/big-tobacco-led-throat-doctors-to-blow-smoke.html
Kind of like you encouraging fit people to get a covid vaccine long after studies have shown that it’s basically fat people that die of covid.
"78% of people hospitalized for Covid were overweight or obese" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html
About 80% of the US population is overweight or obese https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity
So the percentage of overweight/obese people in the US population and in the hospital with covid is about the same, (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html / https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity) so while it's better to be healthy (which is what her link says) the statement that "it’s basically fat people that die of covid" is pretty dumb.
Being overweight is on some lists of covid comorbidities, but it's not near the top. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-who-is-at-risk/art-20483301 / https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/diseases-conditions/people-high-risk-for-severe-illness-covid-19.html
But no doubt she'll refuse to look at anything else. Like she says: she doesn't need it. She has what she wants to hear.
I like how jigglypuff is so defensive about his fatness that he has the same stock response ready to copy and paste, whenever someone confronts him with the hard truth that being obese is a covid comorbidity and a key predictor of death or serious complications. https://youtu.be/o4I_4i0_LeU?t=43
Agreed. Emphasis on "a".
Nope. Just one of many. And if you took the time to read the links I provided you would see that. Here, I'll make it easy for you: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-who-is-at-risk/art-20483301 / https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/diseases-conditions/people-high-risk-for-severe-illness-covid-19.html
Kinder12 seems to be one of those people who like to keep it simple. Here's a by-no-means-complete list of other things that can give you or your loved ones an extra-hard time when they catch covid: asthma, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, diabetes, emphysema, epilepsy, high blood pressure, kidney disease, motor neurone disease (MND), multiple sclerosis (MS), neurofibromatosis, parkinson's disease, pneumonia, sleep apnea, ...
Then there are the people taking immunosuppressive medications after organ transplants or for conditions such as addison disease, matomyositis, graves disease, hashimoto thyroiditis, pernicious anemia, arthritis, lupus, and others.