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How is it that average IQ and exactly one half of people.......wait a minute......50% IQ and average amount of.......uhh.....if one half equals 50% of, then the average is .......damn it !

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I think the 800# gorilla in the room hasn't been mentioned, and is often ignored in media reporting; obesity.
Months ago I noticed a disproportionate amount of the folks I'd see on the news either passing from Covid-19 or stricken by it were large, especially in folks middle aged or younger. Apparently 40% of the population is considered obese.

"But on its own, “BMI [body mass index] remains a strong independent risk factor” for severe COVID-19, according to several studies that adjusted for age, sex, social class, diabetes, and heart conditions, says Naveed Sattar, an expert in cardiometabolic disease at the University of Glasgow. “And it seems to be a linear line, straight up.”

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/why-covid-19-more-deadly-people-obesity-even-if-theyre-young

I also did some digging and found out that obesity is more prevalent among Afro-Americans, and especially among women. It doesn't explain away all of why there are higher fatality rates among Afro-Americans, but certainly accounts for some of the disparity.

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Obesity and African Americans
  • African American women have the highest rates of obesity or being overweight compared to other groups in the United States. About 4 out of 5 African American women are overweight or obese.
  • In 2018, non-Hispanic blacks were 1.3 times more likely to be obese as compared to non-Hispanic whites.
  • In 2018, African American women were 50 percent more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic white women.
  • From 2013-2016, non-Hispanic black females were 2.3 times more likely to be overweight as compared to non-Hispanic white females.
  • People who are overweight are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, high levels of blood fats, diabetes and LDL cholesterol1
  • In 2018, African Americans were 20 percent less likely to engage in active physical activity as compared to non-Hispanic whites.

    https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlid=25
 
I dropped 10 pounds in the last 3 months. Shooting for 10-15 more. Like to see 175. At 5'10" I think that would be good. Last time when I hit 180 people were asking if I was ok and saying I was too skinny. BMI says someone like me should be 165. I think that's a little severe.
 
mkane said:
So we should all do our part to help out. Wear a mask
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It's the least you can do.
Will it be said that you couldn't do the least that you could do.
 
hugo454 said:
Playing golf seems to be the thing to do
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Or working in enclosed 12x25 spaces with 13 other people, and you only know 3 of them :)

According to all the “facts” it should be running rampant and unchecked through my industry. :dunno:

And its not because masks are required, 70% of people wear them on the chins through out the day.

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Beatnik said:
We have a chart and everyone should look the same.
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It’s probably a safe bet most people did
before processed foods and their “we be heathy for you marketing” ;)

Edit: and they still do in Merica’, the chart is just swinging in the other direction at a fast pace. :D
 
Just to offer another perspective..

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This is Jenny, named after an airplane.. I took this pic on a Saturday nite.. I made her bed from an old wicker laundry basket.. very young but already wrapped around my heart. and she was very ill in this pic, I didnt sleep.. Sunday morning, I called a vet, and took her in.. He suspected parvo and asked to keep her..
Half a day later, he called me and said it was not parvo, its corona virus and its treatable.. She came home 3 days later, and I got to share 13 years of my life with her...

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She fell asleep for the last time, at my feet, in Dec 2009..
 
GChief said:
Or working in enclosed 12x25 spaces with 13 other people, and you only know 3 of them :)

According to all the “facts” it should be running rampant and unchecked through my industry. :dunno:

And its not because masks are required, 70% of people wear them on the chins through out the day.

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the 'chin protector'?
 
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