[chrisjs95]

I've said this since the beginning. Instead of focusing on miracle drugs, vaccines, social distancing, governments should have just given everyone a Peloton or similar exercise bike. There would probably be zero deaths. Alas no one wants to put in work anymore, they just want a quick fix

[function_seven]

"Hi, son. Your mother is having a hard time breathing."

"Is she using the Peloton I sent her?"

"She's lying face-down in bed, trying to get her SpO2 levels up"

"Oh, so she just wants a quick fix. Got it. SMH"

[chrisjs95]

Obviously it's a little tongue and cheek but I'm sure people get the point.

[lucasmullens]

You said that there would be no deaths if everyone got a Peloton. That's one of the most out-of-touch COVID opinion I've ever heard. I really don't get your point.

Healthy people get COVID too, and you can't cure a lot of health problems with exercise.

[aww_dang]

https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/infographic/phy...

Exercise is widely accepted as preventing health problems.

[lucasmullens]

Of course. I'm just saying medical problems exist that exercise cannot cure.

[chrisjs95]

> you can't cure a lot of health problems with exercise.

Now that has to be tongue and cheek.

[aww_dang]

Apparently not.

Claim: Exercise and taking care of yourself makes you healthier, more resilient.

HN: First, prove your existence by citing sources I find agreeable. Otherwise I'm entitled to assert that this is all imaginary, without citing sources!

[colonelcanoe]

On what basis can you claim that exercise would prevent 100% of deaths?

[chrisjs95]

Sorry 84% of deaths. I'm also convinced if this virus happened in the 60's we would have way less deaths (per 100,000) even with the lack of medical advancements. People with a reasonable weight and exercised once a month were never in any danger. Sure there are outliers. Healthy people can have complications. That's with any virus though.

[SketchySeaBeast]

> People with a reasonable weight and exercised once a month were never in any danger.

I'm sure you have evidence for this in the populations effected most.

> Sure there are outliers. Healthy people can have complications. That's with any virus though.

That's a neat way to exclude any contradictory data from affecting your assumption.

[edejong]

On what basis...?

[chrisjs95]

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8...

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/04/obesity-...

[aww_dang]

If they think they need a gimmick like a Peloton to exercise and be healthy, that's half the problem.

[coding123]

It's the entire problem. I also used to say things like that. But at a certain point, the population is what it is. It will refuse to exercise (otherwise it would already be doing so).

Sure if it was widely distributed that it prevents it 100% there would probably be a 5-10% spike in gym memberships or peloton ordering, but no. But even that spike would probably die off in 1 or 2 months. It will go back to it's "settled" behavior.

[aww_dang]

Imagine if the same standards of hysteria were applied to fitness as face masks or vaccines.