One gathers that "fat shaming" has become a new woke concern. On the one hand the "wokies" demand masks and vaccines whereas they decry any body shaming.
However in a recent Nature article they note:
Obesity and impaired metabolic health are important risk factors for severe COVID-19. Novel data indicate that these risk factors might also promote vaccine-breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections in fully vaccinated people. Here, these relationships are discussed and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 that are related to obesity and impaired metabolic health are addressed....Vaccination against COVID-19 is highly effective in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic7. However, because patients with obesity and/or T2DM show immunosenescence (for example, of the CD4+ and CD8+ T cell compartments) and increased HbA1c levels are associated with a reduced immune response to an influenza A (H1N1) vaccine1, the question arises as to whether obesity and impaired metabolic health might adversely influence the efficacy of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. In this respect, a study published in September 2021 that included patients who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and were admitted to the Yale New Haven Health system hospital investigated parameters associated with vaccine-breakthrough COVID-19 infections. Among the pre-existing comorbidities, overweight, T2DM and cardiovascular disease were frequently seen in patients with severe or critical illness.
Isn't science confusing?
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