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Again, you are not understanding the point I am making. It has nothing to do with living healthily.

An obese person is more likely to have a communicable disease. Coming into contact with them can cause an infection. This is no different than COVID.

Are you for banning obese people from public spaces? I fail to see the difference.

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you understns dthe difference between social influence (seeing many obese people makes thst "normal", obese people often have unhealthy nutrition habits leading to corresponding offerings, ...) and a virus infection.

And yes, I am for encouraging healthy lifestyle (while that alone isn't enough as there are genetical predeterminations etc.)

@ceilingcorner's main point is that, no matter how healthy you live, an obese person is more likely to infect you. I don't know if I buy that, but I agree none of your answers seem to be on point.

> A group of Italian researchers recommends that obese individuals double their self-isolation time to 28 days, using research from influenza epidemics to argue that such individuals are more susceptible to infections similar to COVID-19 and can be contagious for longer periods of time.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrasternlicht/2020/05/11/...

> it has been clearly illustrated that obese patients are potentially more vulnerable to COVID-19 and more contagious than lean patients

https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/clinmedicine/20/4/e109

> Due to prolonged viral shedding, quarantine in obese subjects should likely be longer than normal weight individuals.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7130453/

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