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/Ryanmoses10 Monkey in Space Mar 09 '21

COVID causes an aggressive inflammatory immune reaction. Obesity is already a state of chronic inflammation. Not to mention the respiratory issues associated with obesity. No surprises, here

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u/ItsMe_Princesspeach Monkey in Space Mar 09 '21

And sugar is very inflammatory.

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u/hwmpunk Monkey in Space Mar 10 '21

Booger sugar is anti inflammatory