Oh, there are many reasons. This is what makes medicine interesting, I guess. Think of the Scott Alexander article from yesterday: Ivermectin works pretty well.

Oh, there are many reasons. This is what makes medicine interesting, I guess. Think of the Scott Alexander article from yesterday: Ivermectin works pretty well... because it rids you of parasites which may act when you have severe Covid and are put on immunosupressors. For some reason the virus also plays havoc with your blood sugar, so having even slight diabetes is a huge risk. I was talking with a Covid nurse a couple of weeks ago (female, small thing) and she said a big part of the reason she's changing jobs is... the size of the patients she has to move around. Obesity is another huge risk factor - whether through diabetes, independent, or both.