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by azinman2 210 days ago
Literally too much water or aspirin can kill you. Some people are allergic to avocados. Driving kills huge numbers of people daily. Everything is about risk/reward, and looking at the macro picture. And right now the comorbidities for obesity are terrible in huge absolute numbers… something that GLP-1’s can take down in significant magnitude. Unless we learn that the majority of users end up with something worse than obesity, they’re a huge win for public health.