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We have to treat it more like a defense issue than naturally occurring weather issue. second of all, chris, we're not healthy. this is one of those things we don't talk about enough because people comingle it with shame. not my intent. 42% of the country is obese. these diseases of affluence put us in tough shape for this pandemic. we think about things causing disease, problems later in the life. four or five times more severe illness in those who had severe obesity, chronic kidney disease. all these things. this is a wakeup call we have to obviously get healthier. we spend $4 trillion a year...

Prevention but if you do, about 3w 30 bucks per person you could become pandemic proof. we have to treat it more like a defense issue than naturally occurring weatheri issue. we are not healthy. this is one of those things we don't talk about enough because people comingle it with shame. not my intent. 42% of the country is obese. these diseases of affluence put us in tough shape for this pandemic. we think about things causing disease, problems later in the life. four or five times more severe illness in those who had severe obesity, chronic kidney disease. all these things. this is a wakeup ...

I mean 80% of your immunity -- if i say, don, you need to improve your immunity, how would you do it? 80% of your immunity is in your gut. it's also a big source of your serotonin, your mood. very related to your gut. how do you transform your body into one that can better fight this virus or at least not get so sick from it? also, don, let me show you. in the united states, we know that citizens here are much more likely to have the risk factors that set them up for severe disease, whether it be obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, all these types of things. they are the diseases of aff...

Gut. it's also a big source of your serotonin, by the way, your mood, very related to your gut. how do you transform your body into one that can better fight this virus, or at least not get so sick from it? also, don, let me show you, in the united states, we know that citizens here are much more likely to have the risk factors that set them up for severe disease, whether it be obesity, whether it be diabetes, whether it be chronic kidney disease, all these types of things. they are the diseases of affluence. they happen in weathy countries. wealthy countries got hit hard, don, by this pandemi...

Country so used to having resources, they say wait, look, we're going to wake for the knockout punch, home run hit, in this case the vaccine. we won't be bothered as much with things that don't present the disease that don't have our enormous wealth. the second thing is the risk factors for this disease ended up being likely the diseases of affluence, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, all diseases you will commonly see in wealthy countries and those were really associated with much, much worse outcomes. and there's one final point, and this one fascinated me, i spent a long time talking to the...