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How old are you? Were you completely healthy before?
by ganzuul 5y ago
How old are you? Were you completely healthy before?
- causality0 5y ago30. Overweight but no actual medical problems. Not prescribed any medications. Not a drug, cigarette, or alcohol user.
- brigandish 5y agoI don't mean be invidious, but being overweight is an actual medical problem, one that's been strongly linked[1][2][3] with susceptibility and severity of the disease. I can't recommend reading the World Obesity Atlas pdf enough as it provides possible explanations for the disparities in cases and deaths we've seen in different societies. [1] https://www.worldobesity.org/resources/resource-library/covid-19-and-obesity-the-2021-atlas https://www.worldobesity.org/resources/resource-library/covi... [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excess-weight-and-covid-19-insights-from-new-evidence https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excess-weight-and... [3] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32788355/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32788355/
- 0x737368 5y agoLol at parent comment being downvoted - being overweight is absolutely a medical problem, people need to stop normalising it.
- Jill_the_Pill 5y agoMy 21-yo daughter was previously completely healthy and fit, and she has now experienced a year of long covid. Already skinny, she lost 16 pounds because food didn't register as food (messed up smell and taste) and she couldn't choke it down. She had a couple of weeks where she could tolerate almost no foods but almonds and miso soup. So much fatigue last summer that she couldn't even sit up for very long. New and persistent depression, sensitivity to noise. Please don't try to minimize this illness by blaming it on people's existing health conditions.
- ganzuul 5y agoI'm not blaming. I'm trying to gather data because I'm having a serious problem with trust.