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To the list of denying care to antivaxxer and alcoholic, would it be reasonable to add the obese? Being fat is a co-morbidity and often a lifestyle choice.
by landemva 5y ago
To the list of denying care to antivaxxer and alcoholic, would it be reasonable to add the obese?
Being fat is a co-morbidity and often a lifestyle choice.
- xvector 5y agoWe do in fact deprioritize transplants to the obese. The average waiting time for a kidney transplant for an obese person is 5 years, as opposed to 3 years for a healthy person. And if curing your obesity was as easy as getting a shot, of course you should be deprioritized for related morbidities.
- landemva 5y agoNot everyone is medically able to get a shot. It's not 'easy' for those people. For most people obesity can be resolved by putting down the fork and soda straws. It's a lifestyle choice.
- xvector 5y ago> Not everyone is medically able to get a shot. It's not 'easy' for those people. A vanishingly small portion of people for which an exception would obviously be made. > For most people obesity can be resolved by putting down the fork and soda straws. It's a lifestyle choice. This is perhaps the most naive thing I've seen on HN. I hope you never have to deal with a serious addiction, where a simple act like "putting down the fork" evolves into requiring Herculean willpower. As someone that made the journey from morbidly obese to a normal BMI, losing 80lbs, I can assure you it was not "just a lifestyle choice" - it was, by a significant margin, the hardest thing I have ever done and ever will do. Absolutely not comparable to getting the jab.