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Originally Posted by WereBear
That's a new one. And deeply troubling.
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The fact that
all vaccines are less effective for the obese has been known for a while - this is an article from 2017:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/dise...ese-individuals
How this applies to the current virus is that even though they don't have a fully approved and tested vaccine for covid19, they're extrapolating that it will very likely be less effective in the obese.
However, there's also this:
Why does the Coronavirus hit men harder?
So women in general have a more robust immune system, which is why even if they get this virus, they're less likely to die from it.
I'm not saying that cancels out any compromised immunity due to obesity (or age, or any other co-morbidities), but there are so many factors involved in immunity, including the individual body's typical response to contagion.
So if you don't normally get a flu shot, and yet never get the flu (despite not taking any extra precautions such as obsessive hand washing, or avoid touching potentially contaminated surfaces, such as door knobs), chances are you might have a stronger immune system. If you rarely get a cold even though you're frequently around people who have colds, chances are you might have a stronger immune system. Many of us on here theorize that since all the (so far) known risk factors involved in the most mobidities from covid are inflammation related, it's possible that because a low carb diet reduces inflammation, that could very possibly give us an extra edge against the virus, so that if we do catch it, we'll have a milder version of it, and no long term repercussions from it.
Despite all the risk factors that any individual might have, what we see in the articles only shows trends, not an definite picture of any individual's reaction to it, so it's still a very individual thing, and also depends on many other factors, including how much of a viral load you've been exposed to, and how long you're exposed to it, etc. Being young and healthy with zero physical problems is also not a free pass. I know of one very healthy young man in his mid-30's, who was in very good shape (ran marathons), but went from very mild symptoms on a Saturday to so ill he needed to be hospitalized by Tuesday morning, was on a vent by that afternoon, and died just a few hours after that (5 days after the first symptom). Then there are the people in their 90's, even some over 100 who have survived it.