1/ For those too lazy for Substack (you bad people): this paper is stunning.
For anyone under 60, nearly the whole risk of death from #Covid appears obesity-related. And normal-weight people under 40 (not 20, 40!) have a death risk <>too low to measure...
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2/ What's equally fascinating is that although people over 80 are at much higher risk overall, obesity doesn't appear to raise their #Covid risk (though there's a chance this finding is confounded by the fact that many people near-death tend to be thin)...
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3/ But in younger people, the risk of obesity held EVEN AFTER the researchers adjusted for obesity-related conditions (even including diabetes). In other words, when it comes to #Covid, there's no such thing as a healthy fat person - adipose tissue itself seems to be the problem.
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4/ These findings would lead to a global anti-obesity campaign highlighting the risk of #Covid, if our public health establishment were the least bit honest and committed to following data -
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5/ And if you've come this far, you might as well read the whole Stack
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The severity rate and death rate of Covid has always been about the co-morbidities. Obesity is just one of them.
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What percentage of Americans are at a BMI under 23? I know I am not at BMI of 25...
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Anyone trying to address this in a meaningful way will be savaged by a certain group of individuals:
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