Re:Are Covid Restrictions the New TSA?
by ceilingcorner on Friday July 30, 2021 @11:41AM
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Again, you are not understanding the point I am making. It has nothing to do with living healthily.
An obese person is more likely to have a communicable disease. Coming into contact with them can cause an infection. This is no different than COVID.
Are you for banning obese people from public spaces? I fail to see the difference.
Re:Are Covid Restrictions the New TSA?
by johannes1234321 on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:16PM
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you understns dthe difference between social influence (seeing many obese people makes thst "normal", obese people often have unhealthy nutrition habits leading to corresponding offerings, ...) and a virus infection.
And yes, I am for encouraging healthy lifestyle (while that alone isn't enough as there are genetical predeterminations etc.)
Re:Are Covid Restrictions the New TSA?
by Blaisorblade0 on Friday July 30, 2021 @01:35PM
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@ceilingcorner's main point is that, no matter how healthy you live, an obese person is more likely to infect you. I don't know if I buy that, but I agree none of your answers seem to be on point.
Re:Are Covid Restrictions the New TSA?
by ceilingcorner on Friday July 30, 2021 @02:10PM
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> A group of Italian researchers recommends that obese individuals double their self-isolation time to 28 days, using research from influenza epidemics to argue that such individuals are more susceptible to infections similar to COVID-19 and can be contagious for longer periods of time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrasternlicht/2020/05/11/...
> it has been clearly illustrated that obese patients are potentially more vulnerable to COVID-19 and more contagious than lean patients
https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/clinmedicine/20/4/e109
> Due to prolonged viral shedding, quarantine in obese subjects should likely be longer than normal weight individuals.
For a child, which can't be vaccinated currently, a single contact with a single infected person can cause an infection and consequences.
Quite different for me.
And yes, obesity is bad and we need ways to delay with it (while for the article, i wonder a bit about cause and effect, but I don't wa t to debate this in this thread)