Fat in the time of Corona (fat shaming)

[Purrmuda]

I just wondered how other people are feeling about being fat/overweight/obese etc at the moment?
Every day I see references to people dying with this virus who were obese. People on Facebook quite literally saying things like "they were fat, what did they expect" on obituary notices for goodness sake.
Im obese and like many have experienced name calling in the street, cutting remarks by family and friends, and so on.
Although I am fairly successfully tackling my weight at the moment I have a long way to go before I am anything even approaching a normal BMI.
I haven't been out at all since the middle of March and have even kept an even lower profile on social media than usual. I feel like fat shaming is now completely acceptable and I am worried about life "after Corona". Anyone else?

Wolfgrrl. Do you think that post encouraged one person to lose weight? Or do you think perhaps it fed into the cycle of shame and overeating for most people reading it? Telling people off is proven to have the opposite impact to your apparent intent.

I haven't noticed any direct fat shaming, everybody is very kind. I do think my family worry about me though and my weight is kind of the elephant in the room. I've avoided the fat posts on here because I know how nasty a handful of people get and it can drag me down if I'm not careful. What I would say is that it's been a huge wake up call for me. I've been dimly aware for a few years that my weight was out of control as risking my health but because I'm lucky enough to be extremely fit and well for my size, I put it to the back of my mind. This has slapped me round the face and forced me to take responsibility though.

@ChipotleBlessing

This thread isnt a weight loss encouragement thread. It is about fat shaming and the public's attitude to the obese in the pandemic.

I am a type 1 diabetic. It is an auto immune disease that is random. It was nothing I did. But 90% of diabetics are type 2, most of whom overeat and are obese. They swallow up the vast majority of diabetes resources, leaving type 1s to go without.

If I could cure myself with a diet I would do it in a heartbeat. But I can't. Most of the type 2s could. They choose not to.

So it is hard for me to have a lot of sympathy.

The poster who mentioned lung cancer and heavy smoking summed it up the best. There is a connectivity that makes it unsympathetic. However, that hypothetical smoker probably never set out to become addicted. And highly doubtful that most obese people did either. I am a healthy weight but at times I have buffered up against the overweight BMI. And it’s only been me who’s had the motivation to change it. People making unkind. comments is more likely to drive shame and comfort eating. But I do see both sides of the debate. I do hope corona is a wake up call (as it seems from this thread it has been) for the sake of our health.

Some people seem to feel that othering people more vulnerable than themselves will keep them safer. The bad stuff is going to happen to you not me.
It is an unpleasant trait and I avoid people who think shaming others is OK.