And long covid? The two people I know who had longer term side effects were quite healthy.

Also by some definitions America is “mostly fat people” so your point is not that meaningful to begin with.

You mean post-viral syndrome? I mean yea it's a thing with viruses but it will go away eventually. I had a cold a few years ago and was sick for like 3 months. Some of long covid is mental, so there's that aspect. Some say vaccination can help but that might just play into the mental aspect.

The human mind can create symptoms very easily, especially if every day you get bombarded by social media and news about Covid.

> Also by some definitions America is “mostly fat people” so your point is not that meaningful to begin with

True, but I'm just saying this wouldn't have been an issue 30 - 50 years ago.

> 80% of hospitalizations and deaths from Covid are related to weight.

Citation for this? I've never heard this at all.

OK, that says something slightly different. Because 42% of the US population is obese, even if Covid hospitalized completely at random you'd expect 42% of those admitted to be obese (not that obesity is the cause of 42% of admissions). They saw 50% admitted were obese. This implies that being obese increases the risk of hospitalization by ~20%.

But still useful data. Thanks.

I mean I think it says something very blunt. If you're not overweight you probably don't need 5 boosters and you can probably go about your day and play the odds. People still know how to play the odds right, they do it everyday? It's funny to me people are so scared of Covid when they're going to die of Heart Disease or Cancer.

There's just no nuance in any conversation related to Covid.

I honestly don’t think you understand the data even after I explained it to you. Unfortunately this is why even basic headlines get misunderstood by the public.

Let me ask you a question. If weight had absolutely no impact on Covid then what expected percentage of Covid hospitalizations would be with overweight people?

80% of hospitalizations and death globally or in the US specifically?

Globally that is one thing, but if that data point is in the US, then the baseline population is something like 60-70% overweight/obese to begin with. In which case, that elevation from baseline isn’t as significant as implied.

There was a world war distracting resources.

WWI actually caused the epidemic. The first cases appeared in Kansas, and many doughboys were infected at Fort Riley before carrying the illness to Europe. Woodrow Wilson, who lied about staying out of the war until the day after his reelection, may have been the USA president who harmed the world the most.