For some reason that I can't quite put my finger on, Brother Prayer Warrior, that story reminds me that Prime Minister Johnson of England appears to be losing the plot when it comes to matters Covidian.
The Boris has issued a proclamation that there is to be a
War Against Obesity to fight the leftist-planned
second wave of the virus. Why does he think this might work?
Let us look at what he has been told. (The following quote, by the way is from
"Bloomberg Opinion", and so not to be confused with fact.)
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In a study of 17,000 Covid-positive hospital patients, those with a body mass index of more than 30 (considered obese) had a 33% greater risk of dying than non-obese patients. A separate study of people in U.K. intensive care units for the condition found that 73% were either overweight, obese or morbidly obese.
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Typically, God's Holy Will in the matter is disregarded. But let us look at the total misunderstanding of even secular science: 73% of people in intensive care units were either overweight, obese or morbidly obese. How does that compare with the population as a whole? Well, here are the statistics (source: House of Commons Library):
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28.7% of adults in England are obese. A further 35.6% are overweight but not obese.
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So that's 35.6% overweight and 28.7% obese - a total of 64.3%. But where, I ask you, are the morbidly obese? They are not mentioned - does nobody care about them? It would require a mere 8.7% of the population to be in that most generously-proportioned category for 73% of the people ending up in intensive care to entirely reflect the national chubster statistics.
So, is The Bozza scaremongering?