Water is wet.
Being obese makes you at risk for a whole host of other health problems that will kill you before ANY virus or bacteria may kill you.
What a non-story story.
It may not be shocking information, but it is still something to keep in mind. If one is overweight, like I am, (Yes, I admit it!) I need to be extra sure I have all my asthma treatments nearby, so something minor doesn’t wear down my immunity so easily, thus opening the door to a Coro-Virus.
I need to be sure to do my stretching and breathing exercises as I greet the sunlight in the morning.
I don’t necessarily worry about it. If it’s my time to go, then so be it, I’ve been ready for good while, but meanwhile, I’m taking basic precautions.
I have seen about dozen news stories where the person who died is described as having “no underlying conditions” when they are clearly obese if not morbidly obese (plus a dozen more mentioning diabetes). So many people are fat these days it’s become normalized. I know plenty who walk around 30-50lbs overweight and don’t think of themselves as obese because they’re comparing themselves to utter landwhales instead of fit people. You see this going on even in military/LE setting. It’s disgraceful. If story after story about fats dying of COVID doesn’t get people to wake up and change their lifestyle what will?