[OneGuy123]

“These were otherwise healthy, hard-working people,”

Healthy and obese cannot exist in the same sentence.

Also what does "hard working" have anything to do it? As if their hard work will offset some karmic debt that they own to their employers?

"...found that 77% of nearly 17,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were overweight (29%) or obese (48%)."

[fxtentacle]

It says "otherwise healthy"

[sojournerc]

It's a weasel word.

"Aside from that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?"

[xxpor]

Aren't nearly 77% of americans generally overweight or obese?

[runamok]

Not quite, but close.

https://www.healthline.com/health/obesity-facts

In the United States, 36.5 percentTrusted Source of adults are obese. Another 32.5 percent of American adults are overweight.

[ketamine__]

> Percent of adults aged 20 and over with obesity: 42.5% (2017-2018)

> Percent of adults aged 20 and over with overweight, including obesity: 73.6% (2017-2018)

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm

[chordalkeyboard]

I’ve known some giant fatass motherfuckers who could lay pipe, literally and figuratively.

[ketamine__]

And we need bigger pipes for bigger poops!