Ben Shapiro took to Twitter to share a hot take equating Covid and obesity, and people online are so annoyed that “obesity” is now trending.
For context, Shapiro quote-tweeted a clip from MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” in which they report that dozens of Florida doctors walked out in protest due to a surge in unvaccinated patients who contracted Covid. Frustrated with doctors seeming to “reject patients,” Shapiro suggested they try the same tactic with obesity…for some reason.
“If this is the new standard - that failure to take measures to alleviate your own health problems are punishable by doctors refusing treatment - the extension of this logic to obesity will certainly be something,” he tweeted.
If this is the new standard -- that failure to take measures to alleviate your own health problems are punishable by doctors refusing treatment -- the extension of this logic to obesity will certainly be something https://t.co/QBzLZyrOan
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 23, 2021
Shapiro followed up with a second tweet, exemplifying what he meant. “I’m sorry, we’ve been telling you for years to eat healthy, stop drinking, and start exercising. Now you’ve got [FILL IN NEARLY EVERY MEDICAL CONDITION KNOWN TO MAN]. You’re on your own,” he said, as if this provided clarify.
Twitter users are puzzled by the false equivalency — so much so that one user responded, asking if Shapiro is actually financially compensated for each one he shares.
I’m pretty sure his false equivalencies are purchased in bulk.
— BrainiacSports (@BrainiacSports) August 23, 2021
As noted above, Shapiro’s Hot Take™ instantly prompted “Obesity” to trend. Dozens of users dove into the discourse, explaining why Covid and obesity are not the same, and never will be. For one, there is no vaccine for obesity. It’s also not contagious. Nor does it fill ICU beds.
Conservatives realize that communicable diseases are not like obesity or car accidents challenge https://t.co/tJy27GByET
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 23, 2021
But Ben, you KNOW that an unvaccinated, unmasked COVID patient is quite different from an obese heart attack patient, for the obvious reason that the heart attack patient is not a physical risk to the staff. Please don't play dumb. It doesn't suit you #COVID19 🥴 https://t.co/cSSH4r49CN
— Liz That Girl CA (@LizThatGirlCA) August 23, 2021
To the anti-vaxxer loons who are insisting that obese people should be denied medical treatment:
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) August 23, 2021
1) There is no obesity vaccine. There is a proven COVID vaccine, you're just refusing to take it.
2) Obesity is not communicable.
3) Obesity doesn't fill ICU beds to 100% capacity.
Hopefully some of these insightful tweets will get through to anyone willing to equate Covid and obesity.
This flex where anti-vaxxers are trying to compare obesity to the choice to be unvaccinated is so shameful and harmful.
— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) August 23, 2021
Being obese is not contagious. Nor does it endanger the lives of others.
Take your fat phobia elsewhere ya’ lunatics.
*If* obesity was contagious, rapidly overwhelming our intensive care capabilities, often fatal within days of acquiring, *and* the risks of transmission, hospitalization, and death could be dramatically reduced with a free shot, then yes, we would mandate that too.
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) August 23, 2021
But it's not. pic.twitter.com/OIRnSWfcLR
Obesity isn't communicable, dummy.
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) August 23, 2021
If physical traits were communicable, no one would hang out with Ben Shapiro out of fear of catching weasel face. https://t.co/ivIiNsBSf7
⚠️ There is no vaccine for obesity.
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) August 23, 2021
⚠️ Obesity is not a communicable disease. https://t.co/q6ZtJQSGJf
There is no vaccine for obesity. Obesity is not contagious. We all know @benshapiro is a moronic, weak, disingenuous clown who has to troll undergrad colleges for debate "wins", but his only real skill is the self-own. https://t.co/DL3fFu5Dbj
— Michael Hartman 🧢 (@Muckbeast) August 23, 2021
Hospitals aren't being overwhelmed by obese people you goofy fuck https://t.co/P7eHW7v5Cx
— Di'Rico L. Baker (@rico_rants) August 23, 2021
