In my state, vaccinations have opened up for people 16 and up with "comorbidities". I have a bmi of 29-30, and decided to register for the vaccine as an obese person.
I do not look obese, definitely chubby but not huge. My friend, who is a nanny and therefore got her vaccine a while ago, is quite large, beautiful but definitely heavier.
I told her I was finally getting the vaccine, finally got an appointment. I told her I was technically obese so I was going for it, and thought she'd just be happy I was finally getting the vaccine, I was wrong.
She erupted, started getting mad, like why would I lie about being obese, just say I'm a smoker (I smoke weed a lot). I didn't know about the smoker add on, but still, as I'm technically obese I said I'd put both.
I didnt understand at first, thought she was accusing me of lying and was like no it's not lying I'm 187 and 5"6 that's bmi of 30. She said yeah well I'm 238 and shorter so you don't really count and you shouldn't say that.
Wait...let me get this straight....I can't be obese because you're more obese? And I can't use this fact to get a vaccine?? Because you're heavier I don't count?
I guess she was just insecure, but idk how to handle this moving forward. I'm going to get the vaccine, obviously, and I'll mark smoker and obese (true and true), but I can't understand her logic. She was the one pushing me to check the sites, saying how great it would be when I got one and we could both enjoy the summer (almost) risk free.
How do I smooth this over? Just lie to her and say i put smoker only? I understand that she's insecure but I just don't get how that makes getting a vaccine a problem. If she wasn't a nanny she'd have used it to get one, but she didn't need to! She was in the first freakin group!
(info: she lost a lot of weight, got under 200 and then gained it all back during covid, so she is really upset about her own weight lately)
TLDR; friend said I couldnt get the vaccine just due to obesity, because I'm barely bmi of 30, am not obviously obese nor as fat as her.
Submitted April 01, 2021 at 06:23PM by No_Kitchen4411 https://ift.tt/39AtLSP
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