jrob323 t1_j17hq2c wrote on December 22, 2022 at 5:50 AM

Reply to comment by Ralfpker in Physical activity before COVID-19 infection is associated with less severe outcomes. In a study of 194,191 adults with COVID-19, those who were consistently inactive were 191% more likely to be hospitalized and 391% more likely to die than those who were consistently active. by glawgii

They can also be exacerbated by your genes, no matter your physical conditioning. I'm overweight and 58 but I'm vaxxed and boosted, and I've had it according to tests but showed absolutely no symptoms, and I work with a guy who is in peak physical condition and is a search and rescue and water rescue member of the local responders (mountainous terrain in North Carolina - they teach their techniques all over the world) and he's had Covid twice, and can't smell anymore. He was out of work for two weeks the second time he had it. He refuses to get vaxxed because, you know.

uninstallIE t1_j17tsn6 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 8:19 AM

Indeed there are outliers to every rule. Some little kids and even babies can get cancer. Some people can smoke for 85 years and die at the ripe old age of 105 with no lung issues or anything of the sort.

But when we talk about public healthy we talk about likelihoods. It's extremely unlikely for someone to live to 105 having smoked for 8 decades. It's extremely unlikely for little kids and babies to get cancer. And it is much more likely for someone who is overweight and does not exercise to suffer severe or lethal covid than someone who is very fit.