Revealed: Overweight, diabetic surfers with underlying heart conditions make up vast majority of Coronavirus hospital patients!

"The findings, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, confirm what physicians nationwide have noted anecdotally."

Do you recall when the entire world tossed its economy in a burn barrel then lit it on fire, closed beaches, outlawed surfing, accosted those who dared eat Asian fusion cuisine under the sun and otherwise locked itself indoors, drawing the blinds and hiding under various futons because a man ate a bat in China and/or scientists fiddled with a bat in China?

What a very odd season but these are the days of our Coronavirus life.

Social distancing, mass unemployment, staggering debt, crippling anxiety, debilitating fear.

Well, it was revealed today, in a large-scale study, that overweight, diabetic surfers* with underlying heart conditions make up the vast majority of New York’s Coronavirus hospital patients.

Shall we learn more?

People with obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure are at greater risk for complications from the coronavirus, according to a large study of patients hospitalized with the illness it causes.

The findings, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, confirm what physicians nationwide have noted anecdotally.

The study included data on 5,700 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City area.

Underlying conditions were common. The researchers found that, among all patients, 57 percent had high blood pressure, 41 percent were obese and just over a third had diabetes.

People with those chronic health problems should call their physicians if they experience new or unusual symptoms or have contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19, said the researchers, from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health in New York.

That’s “because those patients, at least from our description, are highly represented in the people who have a severe course of the disease,” said Karina Davidson, senior vice president at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research.

Hmmmm.

Well, at least we had fun.

No?

More as the story develops.

*Read: people.