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Except most obese people don't have issues with COVID. This is the thing that is most confounding about COVID. Most comorbidities only increase the risk factor
by darthvoldemort 5y ago
Except most obese people don't have issues with COVID. This is the thing that is most confounding about COVID. Most comorbidities only increase the risk factor by a little. The biggest and most reliable risk factor is age. We know there is almost no risk below the age of 5, and 15% chance of death over 75.
- nradov 5y agoSevere obesity increases the risk by more than a little. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-3742 https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-3742
- darthvoldemort 5y agoYes, it's a little. A 20% increase over a small number is still a small number. I'm not talking relative risk, I'm talking overall risk. Most overweight people still have mild symptoms or were asymptomatic. The single factor that had the highest predictive factor for complications was age.