Tweet from EricTopol at September 22, 2022 at 11:58AM

Why is obesity an important risk factor for severe Covid?
@ScienceTM, a potential contributing factor
#SARSCoV2 infects fat cells –> local and systemic inflammation
https://t.co/sOUkNG63DJ
Possible that fat cells may be a 🦠reservoir and increase risk of #LongCovid https://t.co/96mYZ0wXyP

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Sep 22, 2022

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