[Craic] Why Aren't We Promoting Health to Combat COVID? Bill Maher gets it.

[Arthur Blomme]

Hi all

It's an unfortunate fact that health officials and pandemic response 
authorities, by and large, are completely ignoring the role a healthy 
lifestyle plays in the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing instead, almost 
exclusively, on the necessity for a vaccine.

The current strategy for dealing with the Covid 19 virus can be 
characterized as a mechanical health solution and is in juxtaposition to 
holistic health.   Fear of Covid19 is being used by the billionaire 
class to drive us to isolate ourselves from one another, discourage 
dissent and ultimately enforce a payout to big pharma.   The alternative 
is to decolonize our diet and make lifestyle choices that will optimize 
our general health outcomes and prolong our life chances.

Bill  Maher has figured it out in this humorous Rant.

I hope you will enjoy this rant as I have.

Regards

Art

<https://youtu.be/vDaQOy7ML38>

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  New Rule: The Quarantine 15 | Real Time with Bill Maher
  (HBO)https://youtu.be/vDaQOy7ML38


  Real Time with Bill Maher <https://youtu.be/vDaQOy7ML38>

Bill implores Americans do to their part in the fight against COVID-19 
by confronting the country's obesity epidemic.




Story at-a-glance

  * SARS-CoV-2 is likely here to stay, which means we have to learn to
    live with it. Seeing how obesity dramatically increases your risk of
    severe illness and death from COVID-19, your best bet is to lose
    weight and improve your general health through healthy diet and
    exercise
  * Even mild obesity may boost COVID-19 severity. Patients with mild
    obesity had a 2.5 times greater risk of respiratory failure and a
    five times greater risk of being admitted to an ICU compared to
    non-obese patients
  * Inflammation triggered by obesity may be responsible for a threefold
    greater risk of pulmonary embolism (blood clots in the lungs) in
    COVID-19 patients who are obese
  * Dysregulated lipid synthesis triggered by obesity may aggravate
    inflammation in the lungs, contributing to increased disease
    severity during respiratory viral infections
  * Processed foods, junk foods and soft drinks are key culprits in the
    rise of obesity and chronic diseases that in turn increase the
    likelihood of death from COVID-19

Check out this story on Mercola.com: 
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/08/14/how-should-we-combat-the-coronavirus.aspx?cid_medium=etaf&cid=share 


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