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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] I've been obese and I know how tough it is. I clicked on the article and the woman appears to be a very nice lady and well loved by her family but she is also morbidly obese which is the biggest risk factor you can have.[/quote]

Sure, it’s a risk factor. But lots of non-obese people have died, too. It’s something people can point to that makes covid death feel less threatening; “it can’t happen to me because she was obese and I am not, so I am safe.” It’s no different than someone getting attacked and people saying “it happened because they were in the wrong neighborhood/dressed to provoke it/did something to cause it.” [/quote]

Actually, it's a very important point and a factor that simply has to be weight in the decision about schools. Do you know know the infection fatality rate for people under the age of 70? It's 0.04%. And the vast majority in that small slice die because of very clear health condition, obesity being one. She also had other conditions, as quoted by her husband. To say that isn't a point to be taken from this post is small-minded. If OP wants to hold this up as a reason not to open schools, then it simply has to hold up to scrutiny--but it doesn't. [/quote]

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