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If we'd all just cleaned up diets and got in shape, Covid wouldn't have been such a big deal. You can do lots, such as diet and exercise, to live better and lo

by smm11 5y ago

If we'd all just cleaned up diets and got in shape, Covid wouldn't have been such a big deal. You can do lots, such as diet and exercise, to live better and longer, but nobody does. We want a magic pill.

Filligree 5y ago
To live a few years longer, at most, and you might still get unlucky. There is no magic. Our bodies are machines, and one day we’ll figure out how to repair them. That day might not be today, but I will never object to anyone working to bring it closer.
dQw4w9WgXcQ 5y ago
Not only that but with universal healthcare meaning that I'm subsidizing someone else's poor health habits, I want everyone on a government-prescribed workout + diet plan ASAP. Then again maybe COVID has been a blessing for culling the weak with minimal end-of-life costs, natural selection and all. Not going to be a popular opinion, but that's the emotionless conclusions of a purely scientific worldview.
- hanniabu 5y ago
  > Not only that but with universal healthcare meaning that I'm subsidizing someone else's poor health habits Fyi you're doing that with your insurance too
- nebula8804 5y ago
  With universal healthcare you can start to work on environment as well. There should be no "food deserts" in the richest country in the world but this is the reality we are in. HFCS should be curtailed so that as a regular citizen at any income level, you have access to food with real nutrition and can easily avoid sugar. [1]:https://www.aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts https://www.aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts It starts with Universal Healthcare (to stop the so called "bleeding") but expands with cooperation with the FDA to eliminate the symptoms that cause people to fall into these addictive habits. The end result should be lower health costs for you and everyone else and an overall more dynamic society (since a healthy society can work better than an unhealthy society).
orangecat 5y ago
If we'd all just cleaned up diets and got in shape, Covid wouldn't have been such a big deal. It might have been somewhat better, but Covid is vastly more dangerous to the elderly than the young, and you're not getting around that with diet and exercise. You can do lots, such as diet and exercise, to live better and longer None of which is going to give an 80 year old the strength, mobility, and cognitive capacity they had when they were 30.
hooande 5y ago
This view is both boorish and ignorant. There are many types of coronaviruses, including MERS and SARS. They can't be mitigated through "diet and exercise". These diseases often occur in parts of the world with much lower obesity rates than the West Further, the idea that you won't get a serious respiratory virus if you just exercise and diet is offensive. You're just trying to reduce something that is incredibly complex into a bumper sticker slogan that you can wrap your mind around with the least amount of effort.
- smm11 5y ago
  My comment addressed Covid-19 and the United States, sorry I was unclear. Seems to me that if you follow an anti-inflammatory routine, smoke weed, and are physically fit, you stand a better chance than others of handling Covid.

by smm11 5y ago

Filligree 5y ago

To live a few years longer, at most, and you might still get unlucky. There is no magic. Our bodies are machines, and one day we’ll figure out how to repair them. That day might not be today, but I will never object to anyone working to bring it closer.

dQw4w9WgXcQ 5y ago

Not only that but with universal healthcare meaning that I'm subsidizing someone else's poor health habits, I want everyone on a government-prescribed workout + diet plan ASAP. Then again maybe COVID has been a blessing for culling the weak with minimal end-of-life costs, natural selection and all. Not going to be a popular opinion, but that's the emotionless conclusions of a purely scientific worldview.

hanniabu 5y ago
> Not only that but with universal healthcare meaning that I'm subsidizing someone else's poor health habits Fyi you're doing that with your insurance too
nebula8804 5y ago
With universal healthcare you can start to work on environment as well. There should be no "food deserts" in the richest country in the world but this is the reality we are in. HFCS should be curtailed so that as a regular citizen at any income level, you have access to food with real nutrition and can easily avoid sugar. [1]:https://www.aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts https://www.aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts It starts with Universal Healthcare (to stop the so called "bleeding") but expands with cooperation with the FDA to eliminate the symptoms that cause people to fall into these addictive habits. The end result should be lower health costs for you and everyone else and an overall more dynamic society (since a healthy society can work better than an unhealthy society).

orangecat 5y ago

If we'd all just cleaned up diets and got in shape, Covid wouldn't have been such a big deal. It might have been somewhat better, but Covid is vastly more dangerous to the elderly than the young, and you're not getting around that with diet and exercise. You can do lots, such as diet and exercise, to live better and longer None of which is going to give an 80 year old the strength, mobility, and cognitive capacity they had when they were 30.

hooande 5y ago

This view is both boorish and ignorant. There are many types of coronaviruses, including MERS and SARS. They can't be mitigated through "diet and exercise". These diseases often occur in parts of the world with much lower obesity rates than the West Further, the idea that you won't get a serious respiratory virus if you just exercise and diet is offensive. You're just trying to reduce something that is incredibly complex into a bumper sticker slogan that you can wrap your mind around with the least amount of effort.

smm11 5y ago
My comment addressed Covid-19 and the United States, sorry I was unclear. Seems to me that if you follow an anti-inflammatory routine, smoke weed, and are physically fit, you stand a better chance than others of handling Covid.