There’s this drug Wegovy used for weight lost. It’s an injection. It works. Yesterday daughter, who pays out of pocket for it, was in with her Doctor for a follow up appt discussing her progress with this drug and conversation turned to how expensive it was, and how it’s hard to get insurance coverage for it. (Only certain insurance will pay for it and only when a person is substantially overweight.) The doctor told her drug was expensive because the medical industry doesn’t want people being able to afford it and losing weight as there is more profit in over weight, unhealthy people.
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78% of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the US overweight or obese, CDC finds
If the government actually gave a shit about reducing COVID hospitalizations, then they would have pushed weight loss in their mass messaging. But they didn't because 1) they want people dead, and 2) it cuts into Big Pharma's profits.