More than one in three Americans is obese, and the CDC has said that obese people are among the groups more likely to get sick and die of COVID-19.
for COVID-19 infection and severe complications from the disease, this is giving some experts reason for pause.
It's not entirely clear to experts why vaccines don't seem to work as well in obese patients, but there are a number of theories. According to Dr. Leonard Friedland, the vice president and director of Scientific Affairs and Public Health for GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines,"Obesity triggers a chronic inflammatory state in humans." This constant, low-level inflammation could be what's blocking some vaccines from working as well as they do in thinner patients.
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