Posted on 07/27/2020 6:51:11 AM PDT by george76
The dominant message so far in the coronavirus pandemic is that older people are the most at risk. But doctors on the front lines of Florida’s outbreak are also finding obesity is making it harder for people to fight off the virus, regardless of age
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Dr. Craig Mallak’s work in the morgue tracking Broward County’s COVID-19 deaths startled him so much he shed pounds that he didn’t even need to lose.
“Obesity is a factor in a lot of cases,” Mallak, Broward’s chief medical examiner,
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That could have grave implications for the United States, which has one of the highest obesity rates in the world, said Dr. Cate Varney, an obesity specialist at the University of Virginia Health System.
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people who have a body-mass index greater than 30 are at higher risk, said Dr. Sunil Kumar, medical director of intensive care at Broward Health Medical Center. Body-mass index varies by height and weight. A person who is off the normal weight by about 40 pounds could be considered obese, a category that includes about 30% of Floridians.
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younger patients with COVID-19 who are admitted to the hospital are more likely to have obesity as an underlying factor. That’s been backed up by Kumar’s own observation in the ICU.
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One theory is that people with obesity have more Ace2 receptors on their cells. The virus uses these receptors to infect cells and then make copies of itself.
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People with obesity are also susceptible to low-grade chronic inflammation, which has been associated with worse outcomes.
Another factor could be that being overweight compresses the lungs, leading to smaller lung capacity. Obesity is linked with other chronic illnesses, such as high blood pressure, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, that heighten the risk.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
Being fat is bad, who knew?...
Next they’ll tell me smoking and being hammered are bad too.
I gave up sniffing glue for the virus.
Oh boy. That means that the poor blacks are more at risk; they are far more likely to be overweight because they eat at places like McDonald’s or Burger King or Taco Bell or that cajun chicken place, Popeye’s, I think.
Now Math and Biology are racist.
I’m working on how to make Physics racist as we speak.
After that, Organic Chemistry.
And on that note, everyone should see the movie “Idiocracy.” It’s pretty funny. Wealthy, privileged white people put off having children until they’re infertile, while the poor white trash rednecks breed like rabbits. So the population dumbs down over time.
Maya Rudolph and Dax Shepard (sp?) play two people who are somehow frozen in time and re-appear 500 years into the future, when everyone else is completely stupid.
I wonder how much Brylcreem they used to make Lloyd Bridges hair stand on end.
“Dr. Craig Mallak’s work in the morgue tracking Broward County’s COVID-19 deaths startled him so much he shed pounds that he didn’t even need to lose.”
Wow, I wish I could receive such startling news today! ;)
Wait until Crayola crayons removes all colors that could be associated with “white” privilege.
Gee, it is almost as if China designed a virus just to attack America. Whodathunkit?
Well, clearly physics is racist. In fact, Albert Einstein must have been a racist! He was Jewish and a racist! The general and specific theories of relativity? OBVIOUSLY racist!
Everything is racist, racist, racist!
LOL!
“Wait until Crayola crayons removes all colors that could be associated with “white” privilege.”
Certainly that peach color that we all used for skin must be removed immediately. Brown, dark red, yellow, those are all okay, though.
I actually own that movie on DVD because I thought it was such a great statement on our culture.
“Welcome to Costco. I love you.”
Totally correct. The issue is Metabolic Syndrome .... higher Type 2 diabetes, inflammation, etc. The virus is not “racist”, but if you have Metabolic Syndrome & are already inflamed, you’re likely to have a more severe course of COVID. Also, if your Vit D levela are below 30 ng, you’re more likely to have a severe case of COVID.
The SAD (Standard American Diet) way of eating is killing people. Literally. Big Food & Big Pharma & Government Guidelines are keeping people on the wrong track. Medical schools are teaching docs to prescribe drugs for symptoms instead of fixing the underlying issues (most of which can be fixed with diet/lifestyle changes).
Anyway, lots of info out there if you’re interested. I would suggest DietDoctor.com, anything by Ivor Cummins, Dr. Ken Berry, etc.
If you want to see an area where REAL help could be given to the black community instead of tearing down statues & torching buildings, rioting, all of which accomplishes nothing of true value, read this article ....:
The Black American Amputation Epidemic
https://features.propublica.org/diabetes-amputations/black-american-amputation-epidemic/
He’s upside down. :)
Maya Rudolph and Luke Wilson.
so a Bodybuilder is Walking Dead ?
Crayola just added more colors to become more inclusive.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90509319/crayola-finally-has-woke-crayons-with-new-colors-of-the-world-line
“A person who is off the normal weight by about 40 pounds could be considered obese.
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Whew...I’m only over 30!
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