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I've said this since the beginning. Instead of focusing on miracle drugs, vaccines, social distancing, governments should have just given everyone a Peloton or

I've said this since the beginning. Instead of focusing on miracle drugs, vaccines, social distancing, governments should have just given everyone a Peloton or similar exercise bike. There would probably be zero deaths. Alas no one wants to put in work anymore, they just want a quick fix

colonelcanoe 5y ago
On what basis can you claim that exercise would prevent 100% of deaths?
- chrisjs95 5y ago
  Sorry 84% of deaths. I'm also convinced if this virus happened in the 60's we would have way less deaths (per 100,000) even with the lack of medical advancements. People with a reasonable weight and exercised once a month were never in any danger. Sure there are outliers. Healthy people can have complications. That's with any virus though.
  - edejong 5y ago
    On what basis...?
    - chrisjs95 5y ago
      https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(21)00089-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8... https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/04/obesity-studies-highlight-severe-covid-outcomes-even-young-adults https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/04/obesity-...
  - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
    > People with a reasonable weight and exercised once a month were never in any danger. I'm sure you have evidence for this in the populations effected most. > Sure there are outliers. Healthy people can have complications. That's with any virus though. That's a neat way to exclude any contradictory data from affecting your assumption.
function_seven 5y ago
"Hi, son. Your mother is having a hard time breathing." "Is she using the Peloton I sent her?" "She's lying face-down in bed, trying to get her SpO2 levels up" "Oh, so she just wants a quick fix. Got it. SMH"
- chrisjs95 5y ago
  Obviously it's a little tongue and cheek but I'm sure people get the point.
  - lucasmullens 5y ago
    You said that there would be no deaths if everyone got a Peloton. That's one of the most out-of-touch COVID opinion I've ever heard. I really don't get your point. Healthy people get COVID too, and you can't cure a lot of health problems with exercise.
    - chrisjs95 5y ago
      > you can't cure a lot of health problems with exercise. Now that has to be tongue and cheek.
    - aww_dang 5y ago
      https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/infographic/physical-activity.htm#:~:text=Regular%20physical%20activity%20helps%20improve%20your%20overall%20health https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/infographic/phy... Exercise is widely accepted as preventing health problems.
      - lucasmullens 5y ago
        Of course. I'm just saying medical problems exist that exercise cannot cure.
    - whipaway 5y ago
      > You said that there would be no deaths if everyone got a Peloton. You're straw-manning here. It's recognized that obesity is a major risk factor for severe COVID illness. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm > and you can't cure a lot of health problems with exercise Exercise prevents lots of chronic health problems that are common in the US and elsewhere. This is common knowledge.
aww_dang 5y ago
If they think they need a gimmick like a Peloton to exercise and be healthy, that's half the problem.
- coding123 5y ago
  It's the entire problem. I also used to say things like that. But at a certain point, the population is what it is. It will refuse to exercise (otherwise it would already be doing so). Sure if it was widely distributed that it prevents it 100% there would probably be a 5-10% spike in gym memberships or peloton ordering, but no. But even that spike would probably die off in 1 or 2 months. It will go back to it's "settled" behavior.
  - aww_dang 5y ago
    Imagine if the same standards of hysteria were applied to fitness as face masks or vaccines.

colonelcanoe 5y ago

On what basis can you claim that exercise would prevent 100% of deaths?

chrisjs95 5y ago
Sorry 84% of deaths. I'm also convinced if this virus happened in the 60's we would have way less deaths (per 100,000) even with the lack of medical advancements. People with a reasonable weight and exercised once a month were never in any danger. Sure there are outliers. Healthy people can have complications. That's with any virus though.
- edejong 5y ago
  On what basis...?
  - chrisjs95 5y ago
    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(21)00089-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8... https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/04/obesity-studies-highlight-severe-covid-outcomes-even-young-adults https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/04/obesity-...
- SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
  > People with a reasonable weight and exercised once a month were never in any danger. I'm sure you have evidence for this in the populations effected most. > Sure there are outliers. Healthy people can have complications. That's with any virus though. That's a neat way to exclude any contradictory data from affecting your assumption.

function_seven 5y ago

"Hi, son. Your mother is having a hard time breathing." "Is she using the Peloton I sent her?" "She's lying face-down in bed, trying to get her SpO2 levels up" "Oh, so she just wants a quick fix. Got it. SMH"

chrisjs95 5y ago
Obviously it's a little tongue and cheek but I'm sure people get the point.
- lucasmullens 5y ago
  You said that there would be no deaths if everyone got a Peloton. That's one of the most out-of-touch COVID opinion I've ever heard. I really don't get your point. Healthy people get COVID too, and you can't cure a lot of health problems with exercise.
  - chrisjs95 5y ago
    > you can't cure a lot of health problems with exercise. Now that has to be tongue and cheek.
  - aww_dang 5y ago
    https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/infographic/physical-activity.htm#:~:text=Regular%20physical%20activity%20helps%20improve%20your%20overall%20health https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/infographic/phy... Exercise is widely accepted as preventing health problems.
    - lucasmullens 5y ago
      Of course. I'm just saying medical problems exist that exercise cannot cure.
  - whipaway 5y ago
    > You said that there would be no deaths if everyone got a Peloton. You're straw-manning here. It's recognized that obesity is a major risk factor for severe COVID illness. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm > and you can't cure a lot of health problems with exercise Exercise prevents lots of chronic health problems that are common in the US and elsewhere. This is common knowledge.

aww_dang 5y ago

If they think they need a gimmick like a Peloton to exercise and be healthy, that's half the problem.

coding123 5y ago
It's the entire problem. I also used to say things like that. But at a certain point, the population is what it is. It will refuse to exercise (otherwise it would already be doing so). Sure if it was widely distributed that it prevents it 100% there would probably be a 5-10% spike in gym memberships or peloton ordering, but no. But even that spike would probably die off in 1 or 2 months. It will go back to it's "settled" behavior.
- aww_dang 5y ago
  Imagine if the same standards of hysteria were applied to fitness as face masks or vaccines.