Swine Flu Health Statistics and Political Correctness, Very Dangerous
A recent N1H1 Swine Flu report of Los Angeles California stated that the serious hospitalized swine flu cases that resulted in deaths, showed that two thirds of those who died were obese. Unfortunately, in Los Angeles two thirds of all citizens are overweight. You can see why it is dangerous to use such statistics, because people might get the impression that you don’t have anything to worry about unless you are overweight.
The reality is that people who are very skinny tend to get sick much more often than people that have a little bit of extra weight on them. That is to say people with extremely low body fat do actually get sick more often than people that have an adequate level of body fat. And it should also be noted that swine flu can affect anybody. So just because you are skinny does not mean you are immune to it, and just because you are a little overweight doesn’t mean you will die from it.