Hello Dr. Smith. I hope you are doing well. This is a great information source and I appreciate the effort you put into it. I debate with friends all the time, and it seems like some are very worried and some are not concerned at all! Two simple questions that with maybe not a simple answer. Should middle-aged (45-60) healthy individuals be worried about COVID? Should parents be worried about sending kids to college? A better way to ask might be “are you worried and would/do you sent your kids to college?
Thanks! Stephen
BTW, more and more docs are accepting the quite obvious linkage b/t severe Covid-19 and obesity. However, they still seem reluctant to accept the "just as clear" linkage b/t diabetes and severe Covid-19.
Btw, obesity's main side effect physiologically is insulin-resistance or prediabetes.
Severely obese people, who don't have overt diabetes, are not at increased risk for serious influenza. They sure as hell are at risk for severe Covid-19.
We have had over 20 cases of DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis) and another 20 pts present with "New Onset" diabetes, like juvenile diabetics present.
And I am talking about a cohort of 400+ pts.
I have no idea why docs have been so slow to see the obvious.
A buddy asked me a few months ago why I am seeing what others aren't.
I have no idea was my answer, but these data are from pts' charts.
I didn't make them up.
We never see DKA or new onset diabetes in pts with bad flu or influenza.
This relationship is quite obvious and unique in the history of viral infections.