@eobox91103 said in "Healthy at any size" vs C-19:
You have a good doctor. The standard "body mass index" calculators would suggest that you are not only overweight, but just a few pounds away from being obese! You'd need to go down to 204 lbs to be considered "normal weight" for your height. I have a hunch that shedding 36 lbs would not improve your life.
At 204lbs I would be ultra-skinny! I'm large-boned, so the BMI "tables" are off... they don't take into account other factors. I would know, because at 20 I weighed 180, and I WAS ultra-skinny! TOO THIN!
My Dr says BMI is only 1 indicator of being "overweight" - and it's not even considered a "major" one... other health factors play a much larger role!
I will note that, in spite of being given a "clean bill of health," I am endeavoring to lose some weight... I put some on over COVID lockdowns, and I want to shed it - not for health reasons, but for beauty ones (I want to LIKE what I see in the mirrors when I get out of the shower! LOL)
This starts to get even more complicated. In theory I accept the idea that people should have the freedom to refuse vaccination...but only as much as I have the freedom to not be exposed to them. If someone declines vaccination and stays perpetually at home, or goes off to live in an anti-vax commune somewhere, fine. But I don't think they should go out in public, into stores, onto airplanes, and God forbid onto a cruise ship.
I think you missed my point. I don't object to someone opting-out of a vaccination, if they have an intelligent reason (I have a neighbor who says she's allergic "to everything" and she's afraid she'll have a reaction - that's reasonable!).... thinking that the new vaccines will turn you into a robot... that's just not rational!
I may change my tune in 2-3 years as the machine parts start to replace my human ones, but I'll take my chances??? Yeah - that's the ticket!
It reminds me of a sign I saw at an airport security post somewhere: "You have the right to refuse security inspection. If you exercise this right, you will not be permitted into the gate area."
Good sign... Before I closed my storefront, I had a sign on the front door that said:
COVID-19 restrictions are enforced here.
- You must wear a face covering over your mouth and nose at all times while inside
- You must maintain a minimal 6-foot distance from all employees or other customers at all times
- Your right to not adhere to these rules stops HERE - at our front door!
Underneath, in smaller letters it read:
Failure to adhere to our COVID-19 prevention requirements above will result in your being asked to leave.
Failure to comply will result in a trespassing complaint that WILL be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
And then, at the bottom, in RED print it read:
YES! WE ARE SERIOUS!
We turned away quite a few customers - I live in a Florida city, and we had plenty of COVID-19 non-believers... but then, my business doesn't rely on walk-up or walk-in customers... I'm a computer consultant.
People come to me because someone ELSE has "spread the good word" 
When the lockdowns first ended, and we were first able to eat in restaurants again, I was at my favorite Sunday Breakfast place, and they had tables blocked off to enforce the distancing and capacity rules. The poor young girl at the door was being totally abused by a customer who, seeing all the empty tables, was insistent that he be allowed to sit at one.
She plainly told the man that "her job depended on her NOT seating anyone at those tables, and unless he had a better job for her RIGHT NOW, she wasn't going to let HIM endanger HER job.
Eventually, the cook from the back came out and shooed him away... the customer yelled "I'll never come back here again!" as he stormed off, and the cook replied (loud enough to hear inside, but not likely loud enough for the guy to hear: "Good! This place is classier already!" 
I tipped the girl a $20 on my way out and told her to keep up the good work! 
So again, I want to say - I GET IT! Some people have LEGIT reasons NOT to wear masks (asthma? COPD?) - that's fine. Some people have LEGIT reasons NOT to take the vaccine (I have already had my 2-doses of Pfizer's), but "turning into a robot" isn't one of them....
Forest Gump had it right: Stupid is as stupid does
But I'm particularly fond of Ron White's diatribe on ugly women and plastic surgery that ends with "... you can fix almost ANYTHING! But, you can't fix stupid!"