A fair number of people who used to exercise regularly stopped doing so because the government forced the fitness centers to close. How convenient.
So let’s make sure to lock everyone down in their houses!
Now, I could be wrong, but I think everyone is more likely to die.
I wonder if this is another proxy for Vitamin D? People who exercised regularly likely also spent more time outdoors?
What does this have to do with the weather?
I wonder if this isn’t a useless fact. For example they said that half the people admitted to hospitals with covid were obese... but just about half the country is obese so it’s a meaningless statistic.
“Patients who were consistently inactive also had a greater risk of hospitalization...”
Ulp!
I ate some carrots. Anyone who eats carrots doesn’t make it. I’m doomed.
They’ve known since almost the beginning that obesity was one of the most important - perhaps the most important - comorbidity.
The US, Mexico, Brazil are relatively fat countries. Japan, Vietnam, other Asian countries, not so much. The relative death tolls in those countries should not be surprising.
It is the same for every disease.
And those who say they cannot exercise because of lockdowns are full of it.
Their gym may be closed, but they can walk or ride that bike in the garage.
Innumerable options besides the gym.
In Feb of last year, when it was clear that morbid obesity was the #2 comorbidity, 2nd only to old age, I wondered if COVID could possibly convince fat people that they should stay fit to protect themselves. Wow, was THAT a crazy thought! Instead, I watched as morbidly obese people claimed it was all a hoax, even as they gasped for air in a hospital bed.
Just a repeat of earlier studies.
Did you know that people who walk more, live longer?
Of course they do.
Are people who walk more healthier because they walk more.
Or, do they walk more because they’re healthier?
Doing everyday things is lotsa exercise for millions. Quarantining well people was NOT the way to go.
I made two big life style changes, not because of COVID but because I was unhappy with where I was.
I had gastric sleeve surgery in Jan20. I’ve lost 80 pounds.
My gym was only closed for about a month. They’ve reopened and I’m in the gym five days a week. Lifting weights. Not yoga stuff.
My BMI is high at just under 30 but my body fat is 15%. My dietician doesn’t want me to lower the body fat any more.
the title made me lol...
This is the significant lesson of COVID-19. If you just close your front door and sit on your butt to avoid catching COVID-19, but then catch COVID-19, your chances of serious disease or death increase exponentially. You have to exercise.
Well it was nice knowing y’all.
Unhealthy people would be the first to go.
Who knew?
That’s the reason we try to be as healthy as we can be — especially as we get older.
No need for more funding for further studies. Most can figure it out themselves — no need for the Gates and Faucis to advise on exercise.
Goes back to obesity and oxygen saturation capability
Exercise also helps the lymph system work better
Then I should be dead.
I call BS. The other factors cited elsewhere, however, fit well. Had my mother in-law - who is in an assisted care facility and has both a form of dementia and has had at least one stroke which has impacted her speech - not lost over 200lbs since going to the facility, I truly believe that she would not have survived the virus.
But she’s alive, too.