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That message can be reinforced in the context of COVID, given obesity is the leading preventable risk factor for COVID. Instead, a huge number of people are la
by CryptoPunk 5y ago
That message can be reinforced in the context of COVID, given obesity is the leading preventable risk factor for COVID.
Instead, a huge number of people are laser focused on rationalizing the imposition of mandates, especially on extremely low-risk group, even children.
- edanm 5y agoIt's really not an either-or situation. You can encourage people to be generally healthier, and also encourage them to get vaccinated (or force them). And if you compare the two, the vaccine is much closer to a magic cure - it's very dependable and takes "1 month" to work (assuming a two shot vaccine). Whereas encouraging people to be less obese is both incredibly hard (as decades of campaigns prove), and even in the best case scenario, would take a long time for most people.
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- CryptoPunk 5y agoPeople should definitely be encouraged to get vaccinated too, I agree. But there should be no institutionalized discrimination against the unvaccinated, just as we shouldn't discriminate against the obese to encourage them to eat less.