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Does being overweight increase your chances of contracting covid?
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Overweigh and COVID-: No but it increases you chance of dying if you get it. Follow all CDC guidelines like your life depended it. You can go to CDC.com for the most recent guidelines. Stay Safe.
Answered 4/27/2020
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Morbid Obesity: is a risk factor for having increased infection severity but is not a risk factor for virus transmission.
Answered 5/13/2020
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