amercer said:
That's interesting, but 48% of adults have cardiovascular disease, one in 3 Americans is diabetic or prediabetic, and 10% of the country has lung disease. Those are the three most common underlying conditions associated with Covid deaths. So the fact that most of the severe cases have underlying conditions isn't surprising or reassuring.
The American public has now had nearly 6 months to correct those underlying issues. The vast majority of diabetes, cardiovascular and other diseases are totally avoidable with a change in diet and exercise. I know this because I had those issues a few years ago and decided enough was enough and within 6 months with merely changing my diet I lost 50 pounds and went from prediabetic and having to take blood pressure medicine since I was 35 to feeling as good as I did when I was in my early 20's.
I have lots of family and friends that fall into those categories. Love them to death but in the end, their health is on them. I feel the same way about masks. If we have to wear our muzzles because of a disease that mainly attacks our out of shape, unhealthy and unwilling to change population.......well, that isn't my problem. If you can tell me to wear a mask and berate me for not doing so, do I get to do the same thing when I see you stuffing your face with another hamburger and fries being washed down with your 5th coke of the day followed by your Dairy Queen blizzard?
