Maher to Fauci: Forget Body Positivity, Why Is Better Nutrition Being Ignored in this Covid Fight?

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MAHER: “To me it’s such a scandal these doctors won’t look straight in the camera and say the number one thing you can do to improve your chances is to be in better general health. And the number one route to that is an improved diet. To be a doctor right now and not discuss diet, it’s like being a clown who won’t do balloon animals. Why not an all-out campaign to educate the public on the dangers of a diet of sugary chemical-laden crap? Krispy Kreme honored our front-line doctors and nurses in April by giving them 18 million donuts, which is like honoring firemen with napalm. And why not a campaign to make it a priority to get decent food into poor neighborhoods? Why not for every PSA about a mask, a PSA with a recipe for a healthy meal? I think so many lives could have been saved if at the very beginning of this crisis the medical establishment had made a more concerted effort to tell Americans, 'While you’re in lockdown getting free money for not working, you need to do something too.' Even the poorest person could switch out soda at meals for water. It’ll save you money, too. The national campaign to get in shape would have dramatically improved our chances against this disease and made us feel better about ourselves to boot. But it was never even mentioned.”