[ibejoeb]

I agree with you entirely that there's an obesity problem. When it comes to covid deaths, though, the CDC report this week says that the vast majority--about 46%--are coinfections with flu.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/mortality-overview.htm

https://i.ibb.co/zscjxb6/Screenshot-2021-05-13-23-04-11.png

[williamstein]

Interesting. I followed your references and they say that the 46% comorbidity is "Influenza or Pneumonia". Covid is a cause of pneumonia (=infection of lungs), so your statement "46% are coinfections with flu" seems misleading to me.

[ibejoeb]

Flu also causes pneumonia, and they're listed together, so they're talking about flu and flu-related pneumonia.

Everything in these numbers is connected to covid. That's the point.

It's not my statement. You don't have to jump through hoops to indict me for linking.

[epistasis]

Not flu alone, but flu or pneumonia.

What's the significance of this?