Overweight people, even youngsters, face same risk from COVID as the old, says Thai doctor

 

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Dr Opass Putcharoen of Chulalongkorn Hospital went on his personal Facebook page to warn overweight people about the risks they face from Covid-19.

 

Dr Opass said there is a misconception that the virus only really affects the elderly and those with underlying health problems. 

 

The reality is that risks increase with each kilogram that people are overweight. 

 

The more you weigh the more serious are the risks from lung infections and clots. 

 

So much so that the young and obese are at similar risk of serious health complications as the old and infirm, reported Daily News.

 

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There goes half of soi Buhakow 

8 minutes ago, madmen said:

There goes half of soi Buhakow 

Half of the USA!

7 minutes ago, madmen said:

There goes half of soi Buhakow 

and  half  my  village who  i  see  regularly  hanging over the  sides  of  their  motorbikes  these  days

And people with blue eyes are less likely to get the disease... 

So. Buy every child a bicycle and let them bike to school and back instead of bringing them with motor bikes and cars. https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/amsterdam-bicycle-rush-hour/

15 minutes ago, asiasurfer said:

And people with blue eyes are less likely to get the disease... 

You have a creditable link for that?

The US is number 1 in the Western world for obesity, the claim makes sense to me.

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

You have a creditable link for that?

The US is number 1 in the Western world for obesity, the claim makes sense to me.

 

The general claim that fat people young or old are more likely to have complications is probably an accepted fact.

 

However the numbers dont really back up the claim that a fat youngun has as much chance of having complications as a fat olden, given that the mortality rate in children seems extremely low. If fat kids were dropping off the perch, there would overall be far higher mortality rates among the young.

Have you ever walked with an obese person? while you stroll they tend to get out of breath. Just imagine what can happen with the stress of a Covid acute infection.

 

But would should distinguish between factors that favour the onset of the cytokine storm and the ability of the patient to survive it.

 

 

2 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

 

The general claim that fat people young or old are more likely to have complications is probably an accepted fact.

 

However the numbers dont really back up the claim that a fat youngun has as much chance of having complications as a fat olden, given that the mortality rate in children seems extremely low. If fat kids were dropping off the perch, there would overall be far higher mortality rates among the young.

Depends on how you define young, anyone less than 65 is young to me nowadays. When they talk about young fat people, it's more likely they are talking about those between 20 and 40.

During my working life, I visited the USA quite a few times.  I was staggered by the number of people I saw who were not just obese, they were morbidly obese. Could barely walk, upper arms bigger than my thighs, and I'm pretty sure it was not muscle. The light dawned when I saw the quantities of food most restaurants there put on the plates.

1 hour ago, Nout said:

Half of the USA!

Uhm that's why the numbers are so high that 40k that normally die a month from obesity related problems are just getting cleaned up by the covid as well.

   Let's be honest most of the people who are dying from covid, the vast majority, weren't exactly in the best shape to begin with. 

numbers .... ZERO THAI children under 19  DIED of covid in thailand

Not true at all that ‘youngsters face the same risk with Covid as the old’.  Perhaps tire that youngsters are just as easily infected but their risk (death) is far less than the old.

How dare he give facts that might hurt the feelings of some.

 

Being morbidly obese is just as healthy as having a healthy body weight, this is just fat shaming. This guy should be cancelled.

 

Believe all science, except when it goes against my political agenda of equality where men can have periods and babies should be genderless till they make up their mind if they are a boy or girl.

 

Amen and awomen.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Dr Opass Putcharoen of Chulalongkorn Hospital went on his personal Facebook page to warn overweight people about the risks they face from Covid-19.

 

I'm surprised that Facebook didn't shut his post down (Factchecked), probably because of the translation.

 

I have know Dr's post being shut down for less and correct commentary.

 

Just trying to big not himself, can't compare the young with the old in this situation, although would love to see the science behind his posting, i.e. if there is any, which I doubt.

nice and stereotyping. when you look in to the information available  they forget to tell that they can see in the blood samples if you will have problems with the Covid-19 infection or not. also the SARS-CoV-2 targets on specific genes more then on others. that makes also that some people have nearly not problem and other drop death in just a few hours. This had nothing to do with age or overweigh, people just where 'normal weight' healthy living and just dropped death in 2 to 4 hrs. 

 

children up to 13 have another way the immune systems works  then people above 13. and this is the reason why they have lesser problems.

 

on Caucasian the vaccine works better study suggest the on Asian. and on Asian works better the on African kind of people. this is seen with other vaccines and medicine too that they work better for Asian or Caucasian and the other way around

this is why they have certain brands of the new developed SARS-CoV-2 vaccines only administered to certain risk groups and age ranges.

 

What can I say ? I'm oldish - over 65 by a few years, bad back, bad knees, overweight, to late now to change my habits but I will limit my exposure to this virus as much as possible, I can hardly go for a 5 km jog when my body hurts after 500 metres, but hey, life's good, it's warm, the sun is shining, I can eat good food and have a beer, wine or G n T, nowt wrong with that, I have the loveliest of partners who takes great care of me, I don't need anymore than that to be honest.

 

Life is what you make it ????

Obese people have a lot of challenges in life, but when I seen the Supersized Americans

in their country or abroad, I knew that they flew business or first class as their bodies

are too big for economy class.  I do hope that a lot of them get their vaccines soon as

so many people are dying in the USA.  I guess this virus will affect people of all ages

and I just hope that a lot of seniors make it through this intact as well.

Geezer

17 hours ago, Lacessit said:

You have a creditable link for that?

The US is number 1 in the Western world for obesity, the claim makes sense to me.

There's no doubt about it. Supersized food and people. . 

21 hours ago, Nout said:

Half of the USA!

Correction. Two thirds of the USA. ????

20 hours ago, Mops59 said:

So. Buy every child a bicycle and let them bike to school and back instead of bringing them with motor bikes and cars. https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/amsterdam-bicycle-rush-hour/

Then the road fatalities will be even worse. I cannot even ride around my village without ignoramassies always coming out in front of me. Just imagine all these bicycle riders trying to avoid getting hit by the average Thai driver and motorbike rider.

wow, over weight old folks are really screwed. 

3 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

Obese people have a lot of challenges in life,

yep, mostly deciding on drive in, online order, or waddling 100 yards for their  hourly fast food fix.

21 hours ago, Nout said:

Half of the USA!

Only half?  

 

9 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

What can I say ? I'm oldish - over 65 by a few years, bad back, bad knees, overweight, to late now to change my habits but I will limit my exposure to this virus as much as possible, I can hardly go for a 5 km jog when my body hurts after 500 metres, but hey, life's good, it's warm, the sun is shining, I can eat good food and have a beer, wine or G n T, nowt wrong with that, I have the loveliest of partners who takes great care of me, I don't need anymore than that to be honest.

 

Life is what you make it ????

Lets just for a moment forget about you personally and look at things in general. An old guy at say 70 vastly overweight, with a girl in her thirties and very attractive. 

To start with, 99.9% of the time it is financial, even at that, the old fat guy is not going to please her in bed, and young girls (and guys) have needs.

I think you all know the rest.

Havent seen any COVID updates of the Thai government in the news. Anyone has seen them ?

20 hours ago, Lacessit said:

You have a creditable link for that?

The US is number 1 in the Western world for obesity, the claim makes sense to me.

 

Forget blue eyes. But here are the facts.  

 

• Non-Hispanic blacks (49.6%) had the highest age-adjusted prevalence of obesity, followed by Hispanics (44.8%), non-Hispanic whites (42.2%) and non-Hispanic Asians (17.4%).

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html#:~:text=Non-Hispanic blacks (49.6%),-Hispanic Asians (17.4%).

Being overweight is an underlying health problem.

 

A big majority of people. including youngsters, are simply not physically fit.

22 hours ago, bodga said:

and  half  my  village who  i  see  regularly  hanging over the  sides  of  their  motorbikes  these  days

They must be on their way to 711. ????