Critics rip CNN over late tweet linking obesity to serious COVID cases, death: ‘Where have you been?’
Liberal network CNN was ripped by critics Monday over a tweet suggesting there was a link between obesity and serious illness or death related to the coronavirus, a connection already well-known from data compiled earlier in the pandemic.
“People who are overweight or obese are at a much higher risk of much more severe disease and even death from Covid-19 — and one new study suggests that losing weight can reduce that risk,” the tweet read, linking to a CNN article headlined, “Can weight loss help protect against Covid-19?”
People who are overweight or obese are at a much higher risk of much more severe disease and even death from Covid-19 — and one new study suggests that losing weight can reduce that risk. https://t.co/fu40ixz0Fh
— CNN (@CNN) January 3, 2022
Despite citing a “new study,” the article also referenced studies from August 2020, February 2021 and April 2021 that reported hospitalizations from the coronavirus were “robustly linked to cardiometabolic health” and the body-mass index. – READ MORE
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