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Right, and of course - why not both? Low vitamin D causes other problems, easy to happen in the cold months…

ravenstine 5y ago
My stance might be very different if the state and the mainstream decided to encourage the public to not only get vaccinated but also do things to be healthy. Losing weight, restricting calories, choosing to eat lentils instead of Macaroni and Cheese, going on daily/nightly walks, getting sun exposure, all shouldn't be ignored or treated as obsolete. What exactly is the reason, other than keeping the junk food industry afloat, that we not all be encouraging ourselves? Do we really need a bunch of studies to be performed to conclude that being generally healthy is either helpful against infection or at least won't make infection worse? If we had a campaign of "do your part, eat right, get some walking in, and help the fight against COVID", I'd be like "Hell yeah! Now's our chance to see if we can beat this thing! Get the vaccines, get healthy, and join the fight!" And now look. :( https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/09/fitness-companies-surge-in-demand-as-americans-rush-to-lose-covid-weight.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/09/fitness-companies-surge-in-d... I've come across some data supposedly contesting the idea that obesity is a big driver in hospitalizations, but I'm not sure how much I buy it yet, and it certainly doesn't seem like a good reason to just do nothing at all.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
  It isn't the government's job to endorse someone's regimen of virtue.
  - dls2016 5y ago
    Yet we tax vices.
  - datameta 5y ago
    It depends on if you think the government exists for the betterment of society as a whole or for the betterment of the individual.
- GekkePrutser 5y ago
  Personally all the covid restrictions make me so depressed that I don't care about my health. And I never really cared enough about it to lose weight anyway. I was very active before the masks came in (hiking etc) but they enforced them even outdoor when on your own. So the sudden stop in doing that didn't work out well. But generally I just eat wrong, I live alone and hate cooking. So I've always been on the heavier end of the range. The way life is right now I wouldn't really have any interest in reaching my pension age anyway as there's not much to do. But promoting this in a situation where people have less motivation is not really going to help. Once the pandemic is over and we can live life again I'll think about it. But depression factors into it majorly for me and I've been more depressed than ever.

My stance might be very different if the state and the mainstream decided to encourage the public to not only get vaccinated but also do things to be healthy. Losing weight, restricting calories, choosing to eat lentils instead of Macaroni and Cheese, going on daily/nightly walks, getting sun exposure, all shouldn't be ignored or treated as obsolete. What exactly is the reason, other than keeping the junk food industry afloat, that we not all be encouraging ourselves? Do we really need a bunch of studies to be performed to conclude that being generally healthy is either helpful against infection or at least won't make infection worse? If we had a campaign of "do your part, eat right, get some walking in, and help the fight against COVID", I'd be like "Hell yeah! Now's our chance to see if we can beat this thing! Get the vaccines, get healthy, and join the fight!" And now look. :( https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/09/fitness-companies-surge-in-demand-as-americans-rush-to-lose-covid-weight.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/09/fitness-companies-surge-in-d... I've come across some data supposedly contesting the idea that obesity is a big driver in hospitalizations, but I'm not sure how much I buy it yet, and it certainly doesn't seem like a good reason to just do nothing at all.

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
It isn't the government's job to endorse someone's regimen of virtue.
- dls2016 5y ago
  Yet we tax vices.
- datameta 5y ago
  It depends on if you think the government exists for the betterment of society as a whole or for the betterment of the individual.
GekkePrutser 5y ago
Personally all the covid restrictions make me so depressed that I don't care about my health. And I never really cared enough about it to lose weight anyway. I was very active before the masks came in (hiking etc) but they enforced them even outdoor when on your own. So the sudden stop in doing that didn't work out well. But generally I just eat wrong, I live alone and hate cooking. So I've always been on the heavier end of the range. The way life is right now I wouldn't really have any interest in reaching my pension age anyway as there's not much to do. But promoting this in a situation where people have less motivation is not really going to help. Once the pandemic is over and we can live life again I'll think about it. But depression factors into it majorly for me and I've been more depressed than ever.