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<p>Art, it didn't take Covid to tell the world that obesity is bad and exercise and healthy diet is good. We've known this for a century. If Bill Maher just got it, why'd it take him so long? Paul.</p>
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<br />From: Arthur Blomme <art@integralshift.ca>
<br />Date: August 14, 2020 at 8:18 PM
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<br /> Hi all
<p><span id="bcr_FormattedBody">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.</span></p>
<p><span id="bcr_FormattedBody"></span>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. <br /></p>
<p>Bill Maher has figured it out in this humorous Rant.</p>
<p>I hope you will enjoy this rant as I have. <br /></p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Art<br /></p>
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<h1 class="title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer seo-highlighter"><a href="https://youtu.be/vDaQOy7ML38">New Rule: The Quarantine 15 | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)<span size="-1">https://youtu.be/vDaQOy7ML38</span></a></h1>
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<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Bill implores Americans do to their part in the fight against COVID-19 by confronting the country's obesity epidemic.</span></p>
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<li><span id="bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0">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</span></li>
<li><span id="bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1">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</span></li>
<li><span id="bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2">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</span></li>
<li><span id="bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3">Dysregulated lipid synthesis triggered by obesity may aggravate inflammation in the lungs, contributing to increased disease severity during respiratory viral infections</span></li>
<li><span id="bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4">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</span></li>
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<p><a href="https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/08/14/how-should-we-combat-the-coronavirus.aspx?cid_medium=etaf&cid=share">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</a></p>
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