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Beside everything we've been doing to fight Covid (lockdowns, testing, vaccinations), there's one more thing that we can do, and I don't think it's being discus
by drclau 5y ago
Beside everything we've been doing to fight Covid (lockdowns, testing, vaccinations), there's one more thing that we can do, and I don't think it's being discussed enough anywhere: eliminate as many of the Covid comorbidities as we can.
I'm not an epidemiologist, nor am I a medical doctor, so take this with a grain of salt. Admittedly based on little data (ie. my reading the news, some stats here and there), I came up with the hypothesis that Covid is not killing old people more often, _but instead_ it's killing people with preexisting conditions. It just happens that old people are more likely to have comorbidities. Young people with comorbidities are killed too.
Therefore, if we work on eliminating comorbidities, such as obesity (which would reduce the heart disease too), we may be able to reduce the impact of Covid. Obviously, tho, this is a long term plan.
If anyone is aware of public conversations on this topic, please do share.
- jellicle 5y agoIf you're 5 pounds overweight, you have a "comorbidity". If you die of COVID, I guess you were going to die anyway so it doesn't matter, right? No, your hypothesis is wrong. COVID has massively increased death rates, indicating that people who wouldn't have died before are dying now.
- drclau 5y agoUgh, you are literally putting words in my mouth. Don't do that to anyone, it's just horrible. I haven't said anything remotely like "if you die of COVID, I guess you were going to die anyway". Re-read my comment. I said that people with comorbidities are more likely to die of Covid. Hence, it follows, eliminating comorbidities will reduce the Covid death risk. And that, in the context of fighting _against_ Covid. I re-read my own comment, and I just don't see how you could misunderstand it so badly. Either you just glanced it and drew poor conclusions, or you are intentionally attempting to misdirect people who first read your comment (since you probably also made sure to downvote my own). Edit: Here's data from CDC to support the claims. Some of these are clearly things that can be improved. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precaut...
- nradov 5y agoObesity and related metabolic disorders are serious risk factors for COVID-19. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoThere are public conversations on reducing obesity all the time. It has been an ongoing conversation for decades now. Unfortunately, though some people have been able to solve the problem on an individual level, we don't have any good ideas on how to solve it at a population level.