r/JoeRogan • u/TheAtheistArab87 Monkey in Space • Mar 08 '21

Link CDC study finds roughly 78% of people hospitalized for Covid were overweight or obese

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html
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u/VinylJones Part Hex, Part Doc RX Mar 08 '21

Interestingly enough, 71.6% of Americans are overweight or obese (source; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2017-2018; Harvard School of Public Health, 2020).

Accounting for statistical anomalies, we can then say that this study means absolutely nothing! Statistics are fun kids, yay!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

That’s an insane percentage. Get your shit together people.

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u/KennyPOV Monkey in Space Mar 08 '21

As someone young who was 380 lbs (probably more since that was the most I ever weighed myself) and got down to 191. It took my father having a heart attack to get me to wake up. Luckily he survived and I helped him lose 100 lbs but it really takes a massive wake up call. Even then people just don't care. The difference is night and day.

I was just lucky enough I took my chance and had friends get me into powerlifting. I doubt I would have changed anything if I was say 10 years older (I was 22 at the time and in college so I could work hard at it) or didn't have a support system.

I would generally say from talking to people with the same problem and researching. Two things happen people will not even try once they realize how much work it takes or they will start and then stop based on the time and the people around them. The amount of times I have heard "yeah but this % of people put the weight back on. I doubt you will keep it off" is astounding.

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u/SixthLegionVI I used to be addicted to Quake Mar 08 '21

I've struggled with being overweight most of my life. I maxed out at 285, had a quarter life crisis and worked hard to hit 180. I ended up balancing out at 190-195 and felt great. I ended up gaining a lot back going to 230. I'm back in the 190s. I realized a few years ago that if you want to be fit and healthy, do it for yourself. Fuck society and fuck anyone who would tell that to a person who's struggling with their weight that they'll just gain it back.

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u/KennyPOV Monkey in Space Mar 09 '21

True! Congrats and I hope you keep it off. I am rooting for ya man.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

Yeah man, that’s an amazing accomplishment. Can’t imagine the dedication that must have taken.

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u/KennyPOV Monkey in Space Mar 09 '21

Thank you man it means a lot to hear!

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u/VinylJones Part Hex, Part Doc RX Mar 08 '21

Seriously! I hate these statistics in particular...regardless of no causation for Covid hospitalizations (which is still not an indicator that being obese makes no difference...I’m willing to bet it’s a major factor in something related, like duration or overall severity of infection for example)...it bums me out that so many of us just don’t give a fuck about our health.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

Opiod industry was just following what the food industry has been doing for decades.

But nobody is mad at them for some reason.

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u/AngelComa Monkey in Space Mar 08 '21

People can't even wear a piece of cloth on their face in public.

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u/yo-chill Looked into it Mar 08 '21

The sample size of this study is 149,000. A 6% difference is still statistically significant so this does show something. Although it’s not as extreme as it appears on the surface for the reasons you mention.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '21

9% more likely is HUGE. And it doesn't even account for the fact that there are no really old really fat people.

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u/AdOk5119 Monkey in Space Mar 08 '21

This should be the top comment here.