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Originally Posted by Swoop
I posted that 78% of Covid deaths were among the overweight and obese and if you were obese you were 3X more likely to be hospitalized. My post also stated that those who died from Covid averaged 2.4 of the following comorbidities; heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and hypertension.
You replied: That *IS* a cross section of the US population!!
So, show me where the average American has 2.4 of those health issues.
You can’t. And my statement remains the same. Covid deaths are predominantly among people who are overweight and in poor health. That is statistically true.
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As I stated, I hope the data to "show me where" does not exist on the internet. (Though I will note, again, that I did not make any claim about 2.4 comorbidities)
Your statement that covid deaths are predominantly among people who are overweight and in poor health remains true and the statement that 78% of hospitalized covid patients in one study were overweight or obese (CDC) may also be true. My statement is also true that if approximately 78% of the American population is overweight or obese then weight alone is not an indicator of covid hospitalization.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works.
Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so.
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