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Obesity has a sizable impact on the healthcare system. WHO says that obesity kills 2.8 million people a year.[0] Would these kinds of methods work there too? Ge

Obesity has a sizable impact on the healthcare system. WHO says that obesity kills 2.8 million people a year.[0] Would these kinds of methods work there too? Get fit or be let go? Obviously this wouldn't ever be taken seriously, but it is surprising to me that obesity is an issue that's mostly ignored. Yet the impact of it is on at least the same scale as the pandemic. [0] https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/6-facts-on-obesity https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/6-fac...

xjlin0 5y ago
that's a valid argument, also please keep in mind that obesity kills people in decades, while covid kill people in days. And sadly there are some people would get fired because of overweight in some fields.
munk-a 5y ago
I think, speaking as an obese person, that if there was a solution that was as easy as getting jabbed in the arm twice - I'd jump on it in a moment. Obesity has a diversity of causes but I can guarantee you that it's never an easy thing to overcome.
staplers 5y ago
My body my choice. If you infect me with your covid, it's a problem. Covid kills more people a year than obesity.
- chucksta 5y ago
  How does my body my choice not apply to the other person?
ballarak 5y ago
The obesity examples fails because obesity is non-contagious. The issue with COVID is that not getting vaccinated puts your coworkers even more at risk in an environment where you're already much more likely to be infected. Additionally, in health care you're often working with patients who have comorbidities, for these patients, contracting COVID from a healthcare worker could be a death sentence.
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  >The obesity examples fails because obesity is non-contagious. There's plenty of research showing that people tend to gravitate toward the weight of other people they are around.
  - p45please 5y ago
    What an interesting response, do you really think obesity is similar to a contagious virus or are you just grasping at straws to support your ideology?
    - throwaway0a5e 5y ago
      > What an interesting response, do you really think obesity is similar to a contagious virus or are you just grasping at straws to support your ideology? All I'm doing is pointing out that a statement in the parent comment is false, nitpicking essentially. It's kind of what we do here. There's no need to project an entire ideology onto me. Just because I disagree with one particular falsehood on one particular side of an issue does not immediately mean I am on the "other team".
- Mirioron 5y ago
  But the risk with obesity and Covid is that they both overload the healthcare system. As long as it keeps working fine then Covid is unlikely to spiral out of control. Obesity itself seems to make Covid worse.

xjlin0 5y ago

that's a valid argument, also please keep in mind that obesity kills people in decades, while covid kill people in days. And sadly there are some people would get fired because of overweight in some fields.

munk-a 5y ago

I think, speaking as an obese person, that if there was a solution that was as easy as getting jabbed in the arm twice - I'd jump on it in a moment. Obesity has a diversity of causes but I can guarantee you that it's never an easy thing to overcome.

staplers 5y ago

My body my choice. If you infect me with your covid, it's a problem. Covid kills more people a year than obesity.

chucksta 5y ago
How does my body my choice not apply to the other person?

ballarak 5y ago

The obesity examples fails because obesity is non-contagious. The issue with COVID is that not getting vaccinated puts your coworkers even more at risk in an environment where you're already much more likely to be infected. Additionally, in health care you're often working with patients who have comorbidities, for these patients, contracting COVID from a healthcare worker could be a death sentence.

throwaway0a5e 5y ago
>The obesity examples fails because obesity is non-contagious. There's plenty of research showing that people tend to gravitate toward the weight of other people they are around.
- p45please 5y ago
  What an interesting response, do you really think obesity is similar to a contagious virus or are you just grasping at straws to support your ideology?
  - throwaway0a5e 5y ago
    > What an interesting response, do you really think obesity is similar to a contagious virus or are you just grasping at straws to support your ideology? All I'm doing is pointing out that a statement in the parent comment is false, nitpicking essentially. It's kind of what we do here. There's no need to project an entire ideology onto me. Just because I disagree with one particular falsehood on one particular side of an issue does not immediately mean I am on the "other team".
Mirioron 5y ago
But the risk with obesity and Covid is that they both overload the healthcare system. As long as it keeps working fine then Covid is unlikely to spiral out of control. Obesity itself seems to make Covid worse.