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We're still finding things out about the long term effects of COVID and how it affects us so it's still too early to be jumping to conclusions. In either case it makes sense that those who were trapped inside and self-medicated with takeout, snacks and ice cream could have pushed their bodies into the red zone for diabetes. But without a large enough sample size it's really hard to make that determination.Can we stop and take a moment to consider the fact that this link between type 2 diabetes and COVID-19 - not type 1, the kind that cannot be cured or prevented - could be explained by the simple fact that people were cooped up in their home, potentially bedridden for weeks at the height of the pandemic if they were unlucky enough to catch the coof, and were possibly using food as a way to cope with either their illness, the grave health or loss of a family member(s), or the mental/emotional effects of a global pandemic and national quarantine?
Another explanation could be that COVID-19 has irreversible effects on a person's lungs and reduces their capability for exercise or physical activity, rigorous or not, and people who already weren't looking after their health have it catching up to them big time now that they're unable to burn off excess calories with physical activity.
Remember correlation does not equal causation. However if we see a trend of even healthy people that didn't gorge on carbs during that time coming down with the beetus then I think it could be called.
However until then remember Splotchy is an idiot.