[Sobieski at Kahlenberg Mtn.]

Obesity increases risk of Covid-19 death by 48%, study finds

Comprehensive study suggests vaccine may not work as well for overweight people

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/26/obesity-increases-risk-of-covid-19-death-by-48-study-finds

Excerpt:

The US and UK have some of the highest obesity rates in the world. US government data shows that more than 40% of Americans are obese. The figure in England is more than 27% of adults.

The new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill into the effects of Covid-19 on people with obesity, defined as a BMI over 30, finds they are at greater risk from the virus in every way. Their risk of ending up in hospital with Covid-19 increases by 113%, of needing intensive care by 74%, and of dying of the virus by 48%.

The study was led by Prof Barry Popkin, of the department of nutrition at the UNC’s Gillings Global School of Public Health, who said he was shocked by the findings. The risk of dying of Covid-19 for people with obesity was significantly higher than anyone had thought.

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Article is August 2020, shows at a minimum how long they’ve known the connection.

[Sobieski at Kahlenberg Mtn.]

Speaking of Covid:

Cornell University mandates COVID-19 vaccines for students and staff

https://nypost.com/2021/04/03/cornell-university-mandates-covid-19-vaccines-for-students/

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Wonder what Professor Jacobson, founder of conservative LegalInsurrection.com and a law prof. at Cornell, thinks of this?

[Melian]

Yes, but my citation study says the obese are the SPREADERS of the virus, not just more susceptible. Non-obese didn’t spread it.