> Here, the news has conspiciously shied away from mentioning the relationship between weight and covid complications.

You said you are in the US in another comment. I took 3 minutes to google some big US news sites. They all had multiple articles on the topic from spring 2020 until now. Your criticism is false. Some random examples:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/health/coronavirus-patien...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/04/coronavirus-...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/coronavirus-obesity-ri...

https://www.foxnews.com/health/study-links-coronavirus-morta...

https://www.foxnews.com/health/obesity-increase-coronavirus-...

https://www.foxnews.com/health/is-americas-high-obesity-leve...