Now consider something like 78% of US COVID hospitalizations were in the overweight to obese category, which 42% of Americans fall into, according to the CDC, and risk of death scales right alongside increasing BMI.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm?s_cid=mm7010e4_w

90% of COVID deaths occurred in countries with highest rates of obesity.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-obesity-idUSKBN2AW1X0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/04/coronavirus-overweight-global-report/

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/health/obesity-covid-death-rate-intl/index.html

Severe COVID in young people can mostly be explained by obesity

https://theconversation.com/severe-covid-in-young-people-can-mostly-be-explained-by-obesity-new-study-159072

Why COVID is more deadly for the obese

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/why-covid-19-more-deadly-people-obesity-even-if-theyre-young