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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy
That's fairly significant, considering that the the majority of the US population is overweight.
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So your contention is that fat people are no worse off? I don't think a few lbs overweight moves the needle. But obese, and severely overweight people have weaker immune systems.
Ali Aminian, MD, Director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at Cleveland Clinic, has studied 363 COVID-19 patients, and some, had a past history of weight loss surgery, while others did not have surgery and had a BMI of 40 or more at the time they tested positive for COVID-19.
Dr. Aminian found that in patients with severe obesity, 42% required hospital admission after contracting COVID-19. However, in group of patients who had bariatric surgery before, only 18% required hospital admission after COVID-19.
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021...ms-study-says/
I can tell you right now that the general population does not have 42% requiring hospitalization after Covid.