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> Notably, the second thing that will improve our success in beating this long term, is emphasis on healthy life styles. The fact that I hear almost 0 about hea
by bjourne 6y ago
> Notably, the second thing that will improve our success in beating this long term, is emphasis on healthy life styles. The fact that I hear almost 0 about health and minimizing comorbidity issues is astounding. Yes, I realize people can't all of a sudden not have co-morbidities, but we can instill these behaviors now with evidence that may help prevent issues the next time something like this transpires.
This is befuddling given that many that have died from Covid-19 have had co-morbidness and have suffered from life style diseases.
One positive side effect of the pandemic is that a lot of people have stopped smoking. Because early on, a lot of people believed that smoking made you more susceptible to the virus. Apparently, that wasn't true but it is a damn shame that it wasn't more drummed up in media. Imagine the positive health effects a disinformation campaign could have had! Some pictures in The New York Times of lifelong smokers' lungs, next to pictures of Covid-19 patients lungs, and some suggestive text. Wouldn't have to be any outright lies, just enough to enable people to make the association. It could have saved millions of lives.