Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "Covid death rate 10 times higher in countries with high obesity | DW News" video.

  1. This is one of those correlation is not causation occasions. 67% of Australian's are overweight or obese. Also one of the countries with the lowest rates of both infection and morality. 50% of Singapore is obese, again one of the lowest rates of CoVID-19 infection and morality. 34% obesity in New Zealand, ranked best response to CoVID-19 anywhere. 57.6% in Norway are overweight or obese, low CoVID-19 morality. 51% in Denmark are obese, low CoVID-19 morality. In fact of the top 10 performing nations on CoVID-19, seven of them have high rates of obesity. It's almost as if the rate of obesity the country has, has little bearing on morality and it's instead a far more complex causal relationship involving overall CoVID-19 response, readiness of healthcare services, communication, and nationwide coordination...
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