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[–] enginedriver13 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Excellent point—after all, who is doing the hard work of lifting and flipping bariatric patients, for example? It certainly isn’t one of their fellow obeasts! It would be poetic justice if one fine day all the human sized EMTs, nurses, etc went on strike to protest caring for these munchie-monsters.

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[–] Carsandsarcasm 1 point 7 points (+8|-1) ago 

What also has to happen eventually is there simply won't be enough fit people to do this work. You can't have the majority of the population in need of ongoing medical care and expect that there will be enough nurses and beds to go around. At some point, people will be left to suffer on the street because there is literally no one to spare. That bubble will pop before too long.

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[–] GoldenPhoenix 1 point 5 points (+6|-1) ago 

Do you know, the handful of times I’ve had major medical stuff, I’ve always received absolutely stellar care. I wonder now if nurses/drs etc arm wrestle to get the thin patients instead of fats. It’s got to make their jobs so much easier and more tolerable, right?

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[–] Sharra 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

This is the reality in Japan. There's not enough healthcare workers for the elderly. Japan won't allow foreign workers in unless they can pass insanely difficult language proficiency tests, and inexpensive labor from Thailand / Vietnam / Etc. isn't able to