Covid19 & Obesity

 From a story in The Washington Post today:

 

"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers will meet tomorrow to discuss who should get coronavirus vaccines first.

One population they may consider prioritizing: Americans who are obese — a major risk factor for severe covid-19 that some experts say has gone under-recognized. 

“Obesity was ignored for the longest time and overweight was completely ignored,” said Barry Popkin, an obesity researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Now the CDC is talking about both, he said."

     So that's good news/bad news for Alabama, fat-central when it comes to grading the states. It's bad news because of the overall health implications.

     But it's "good" news because, with 35 % of the population in both states obese, it may make sense to vaccinate the entire population of Alabama & Mississippi first.