But the health system is engineered to cope with the base load, and there are also many public health measures designed to try and move their behaviour to more healthy ones as well. Just because the magnitude of the covid/infectious disease response we are seeing now is so strong is only because the burden of disease is so high. There are always anti smoking and exercise/healthy eating measures, but they pale into the background given the lack of acuity… much to public health officials dismay

I dint know many people catching the fat or the smoke. But yes good point - smokers are segregated and not allowed to smoke inside, so whats your point?

Next on hackernews: the earth is flat.

The amount of effort asked is not the same. The amount of time is not the same.

And by the way, obese and smokers do pay a premium on life insurance, and probably medical insurance too.