As Coronavirus Rages, We Need to Talk About Anti-Fat Bias in Medicine

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What's at stake for fat people in this pandemic?

cases surge once again, like many others, I find myself worrying about what will happen to me or the people I love should we contract the coronavirus. And as a fat person, I wonder, too, about the quality of care that will be made available to fat people by providers who are valiantly working their hardest, but may not have confronted the biases many have been taught surrounding the. And like countless fat patients before me, this question isn’t an academic one.

The nurse who greeted me was kind and warm. We talked freely as she took my vital signs, though our conversation was complicated by my failing hearing. She took my blood pressure, then looked at the cuff with a crooked frown. She took my blood pressure again, then made the same face. She excused herself to get another cuff—larger, this time.“What’s the matter?” I asked, trying to temper the frightened shake of my voice.“Is everything okay?” I asked, more afraid than before.

 

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