Oh, swell

I've been fattening up since the start of the virus chaos, about the time my wife passed after five months of struggle in a variety of medical institutions.

Grief plus way too much bored time in to close proximity to a kitchen.

Just in time for this bad news about the virus for the fat.

US obesity epidemic could undermine effectiveness of a Covid-19 vaccine

Scientists know that vaccines engineered to protect the public from influenza, hepatitis B, tetanus and rabies can be less effective in obese adults than in the general population, leaving them more vulnerable to infection and illness. 

There is little reason to believe, obesity researchers say, that Covid-19 vaccines will be any different.

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As intensive care units in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere filled with patients, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that obese people with a body mass index of 40 or more — known as morbid obesity or about 100 pounds overweight — were among the groups at highest risk of becoming severely ill with Covid-19. About 9% of American adults are in that category.

As weeks passed and a clearer picture of who was being hospitalized came into focus, federal health officials expanded their warning to include people with a body mass index of 30 or more. 

That vastly expanded the ranks of those considered vulnerable to the most severe cases of infection, to 42.4% of American adults.