[Lizavetta]

They knew that therapeutics worked, that Vitamin D and zinc deficiency were issues.

They also knew very early on that OBESITY and all the comorbidities related to obesity - hypertension, heart disease, type 2 diabetes - were the second most critical risk factor leading to severe illness and/or death.

And yet, you never heard them talk about that. At all.

They knew a month into the pandemic who was dying and why, but they kept quiet on it.

[BikerJoe]

They also knew very early on that OBESITY and all the comorbidities related to obesity - hypertension, heart disease, type 2 diabetes - were the second most critical risk factor leading to severe illness and/or death.

And yet, I could never get an answer to a simple question. If hypertension is a comorbidity, is it only when uncontrolled?

[Yardstick]

Yep, and in fact the normalization of obesity continues apace. Covid should have sparked a serious national conversation about the obesity problem, but of course that sort of thing doesn’t happen in Clown World.