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Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by paulryanrogers on Thursday February 03, 2022 @07:36PM (#30201193)
Second-hand smoke strikes me as antisocial if produced in an unavoidable setting.

Obesity ... seems like an entirely personal matter, except perhaps in children where they might be considered victims.

Highly infectious viruses several times more harmful than the usual ones are indeed turning the world upside down. I imagine with time most societies will come to accept such things after they've become endemic for a while.

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Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity by rastignack on Friday February 04, 2022 @02:09AM (#30203708)
> Obesity ... seems like an entirely personal matter

Just like vaccination for Covid is personal. Remember that the vaccine does not prevent transmission of omicron. And that if the vaccine works, if an unvaccinated person transmits the virus to a vaccinated one, there should be no risk, right ?

Also, obese and overweight people account for 50% of hospitalizations in ICU for Covid in France.

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