Current Events > Obese people are 48 per cent more likely to die of Covid-19 than healthy people

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If this isnt a good enough reason for chonkers to stop chonkin i dont know what is

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8665575/Coronavirus-vaccine-not-effective-obese-people-scientists-warn.html

Obese people are 48 per cent more likely to die of Covid-19 than people of a healthy weight, according to research.

Scientists looked at medical data to find that being severely overweight also raised the risk of hospitalisation more than double (113 per cent). People were also 74 per cent more likely to end up in intensive care if they were obese, the study added.

Scientists said excessive sugar in the blood and swelling in blood vessels, which are more common in overweight people, interfere with immune cells and mean fat people can't fight off infection as well.

They are also harder to treat in intensive care because the weight of their bodies means ventilators don't work as well, the researchers added.
And while the odds are naturally stacked against overweight people who catch Covid-19, the same researchers warned that a vaccine might not work as well on them for the same reasons - that their immune systems are compromised.
This means millions of people who most need protection from the virus may not get it as well as others. One in three adults in Britain and 40 per cent of Americans are obese.
The researchers, who were commissioned by the World Bank, said there was nothing to suggest the vaccine wouldn't work at all but that scientists should be aware it could be less effective.

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Bump for chubs

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lol obese people are 48% more likely to die from anything than healthy people

im still not hitting that 48% chance wtf

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yeah but that's like 3% chance to 5% chance

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nfearurspecimn posted...

yeah but that's like 3% chance to 5% chance

It's not like raging alcoholics and drug addicts fare very well either.
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Good thing Americans arent obese....wait

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