I'm not being contrarian nor am I promoting anything dangerous. Yes, being obese puts you at greater risk for certain health conditions but it's not the only condition that leaves people vulnerable to COVID. That was my point.
Furthermore, I only brought that point up because you made this about being obese. Being at a normal weight doesn't protect you from COVID. Spreading a dangerous idea would be, let me see, giving people the idea that they have nothing to worry about if they're not overweight or obese. Someone can easily get that idea from what you wrote.
People have been promoting weight loss and eating right long before COVID. There's an entire industry around just that. That's not going to change bad habits though. When there is a pandemic, it's a
very responsible to promote vaccines that have been shown to reduce hospitalization and death rather than turning the subject to obesity.
Oh, and:
While being overweight is a precursor to obesity and, like obesity, can increase the risk of diabetes, heart attack and stroke, it’s also possible to be overweight and still healthy, especially if you’re free from chronic diseases like hypertension or diabetes.
If you have a problem with the above statement, take it up with the
Wexner Medical Center.
PS
My brother died from COVID. He was overweight. My uncle, who is even more overweight and older, had COVID but didn't get severely ill. In fact, he may have been the one who unintentionally gave it to my brother.
I never said being obese doesn't put you at risk.
I said there were other comorbidities so a false equivocation between being pro-vax and anti-vax because both sides are obese is wrong and dangerous. One side is being responsible, the other isn't.