Will the COVID-19 vaccine work as well in patients with obesity?
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8 February 2021Will the COVID-19 vaccine work as well in patients with obesity?
When researchers began to develop what they hoped would be an effective COVID-19 vaccine, they already knew that H1N1 influenza—a novel virus, like COVID-19 – more severely affected patients with overweight or obesity. Patients with a body mass index of 30 or above had a higher risk of hospitalization and death from H1N1.
