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Old 08-16-2021, 04:11 PM
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According to the CDC: “Having obesity may triple the risk of hospitalization due to a COVID-19 infection“
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Not my statistic, the CDC calculated that one.

Covid: CDC study finds about 78% of people hospitalized were overweight or obese

The agency found the risk for hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths was lowest among individuals with BMIs under 25. The risk of severe illness “sharply increased,” however, as BMIs rose, particularly among people 65 and older, the agency said.
Just a little hard to reconcile that when the study showed the distribution in covid hospitalizations was similar to the distribution in the population. Would be useful to see the study and the actual data.
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