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> Simply telling people to do so has proven fairly ineffective.

We've already normalized instituting authoritarian measures over this pandemic. Given the Rubicon we've already crossed, there's absolutely no moral reason we shouldn't be firing everyone who doesn't reduce their BMI below threshold X by Y date and confining them to their homes.

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What nonsenses.

Vaccines and masks don't protect just you but also those around you. Its simple and effective measures. That's the justification for mandates.

Fat kills you and you alone. The reasons are often complex and it requires long-term changes in private lifestyle and behavior to make any change.

But obese people don't live in vacuum, they are much more likely to take away the hospital beds from others in this pandemic. Also the world has socialised medicare (par America) so the costs have relevant effect on every citizen for anti vaxxers and obese.

If the obese and overweight remain fully vaccinated w/ boosters, it's unlikely they'll end up in the hospital taking away hospital beds. The unvaccinated in general are the biggest issue.

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