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In reply to the discussion: Is weight a factor for severe Covid? It's not clear! [View all]Celerity
(42,626 posts)44. Being obese or heavier increases your chances of serious illness and or death from C. To deny it is
to completely ignore basic science-based evidence. It is not victim blaming, despite your false framing attempts.
You are conflating simply getting COVID (which of course anyone can do) verus serious illness and/or death, the chances of which are definitely increased overall by overweight issues at least starting at the obese level and escalating from there as the excess weight on a person goes up. A morbidly obese person has a serious comorbidity factor (and quite possibly more, such as diabetes, etc.).
Btw, you saying this
Well, f*ck you all.
is not exactly an effective way to win hearts and minds.
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I would assume that being seriously overweight makes all kinds of healing more difficult
lindysalsagal
Apr 2021
#29
I'm the opposite: I wish my waist to height were better, but my bmi is great.
lindysalsagal
Apr 2021
#30
I know that baldness is a factor, and I've purchased several toupees to mitigate this.
Beakybird
Apr 2021
#11
"Of those who were admitted... 50.2% were obese ...42% of the U.S. population was considered obese"
BornADemocrat
Apr 2021
#16
Seems pretty clear to me. This is not fat shaming. It is a clear risk factor.
SoonerPride
Apr 2021
#33
Acknowledging that obesity is a significant complicating factor in covid cases
Ocelot II
Apr 2021
#26
Weight is usually related to other conditions that might be more significant.
Act_of_Reparation
Apr 2021
#27
The evidence is pretty clear. It is a co-morbility. The more one is overweight the more deadly it is
SoonerPride
Apr 2021
#32