WaPo reports on 'new study' finding that exercise can reduce risk of hospitalization or death from COVID

Gee. Where the heck would we all be if it weren’t for the mainstream media to bring us brand-new information that we never would’ve known about had the mainstream media not been there to tell us about it?

We might actually be all right, as it turns out. Because it feels like it’s become a pretty regular thing for journalists to breathlessly report stuff that the rest of us were already aware of.

Take this hot-off-the-presses scoop from the Washington Post, for example:

A new study found that exercise, in almost any amount, reduced people’s risks of being hospitalized or dying of covid. https://t.co/tKpKyxLPiJ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 21, 2022

Exercise can be an effective tool in the fight against COVID? Well, knock us over with a feather!

The study found that exercise, in almost any amount, reduced people’s risks for a severe coronavirus infection. Even people who worked out for as little as 11 minutes a week — yes, a week — experienced lower risks of hospitalization or death from covid than those who moved about less.

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Science already offers copious support for the idea that regular, moderate exercise increases our immune response and generally helps us avoid respiratory infections or recover more rapidly if we do catch a bug. In a 2011 study, adults who worked out regularly were almost half as likely to develop colds or similar infections as inactive people and also about 40 percent less likely to report their illnesses as lingering.

A similar pattern is emerging in research about covid, with several studies finding that people who are fit and active wind up hospitalized with or dying of covid at much lower rates than people who are out of shape. Sallis led a study last year, for instance, of more than 48,000 patients at the Kaiser Permanente health-care system in Southern California, showing that those who almost never exercised were at much higher risk of severe outcomes from covid, including death, than patients of the same age who were quite active.

And so, in summary, physical exercise and fitness are good for your immune system. Amazing.

No sh*t, Sherlock. https://t.co/0pkXqTQcUv

— Roxanne Hoge (@RoxanneHoge) December 22, 2022

You know, WaPo could’ve saved themselves a decent amount of time and energy by just acknowledging that this stuff was always true and that a lot of people who said it was true way back in the beginning weren’t anti-science knuckle-draggers but rather just regular people with basic common sense.

Known from the beginning, while you geniuses demanded parks, beaches, and gyms be closed and people be ordered to stay in their homes/kitchens. https://t.co/nnEckDbqcA

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) December 22, 2022

*BLM riots exempt, of course.

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) December 22, 2022

Of course.

"A new study found." We knew this at the time, why didn't you tell your readership then you worthless disgrace of a media outlet? Ridiculous masked image to go with your story too. https://t.co/K4ZqZhB68J

— J.D. Haltigan, PhD 🏒👨‍💻 (@JDHaltigan) December 21, 2022

Oh yeah, the pic of the lady working out while wearing a mask while being outside is definitely a choice.

We knew this for 3 years. You lied about it by omission. Does that mean your paper is responsible for loss of life?

Also, the woman in the photo does not need to be wearing a mask while exercising outdoors, it will do more harm than good. She already is low risk for Covid.

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) December 22, 2022

Shut the gyms down, board up the playgrounds, and lock people in their homes because ✨ health ✨

— Corie Whalen (@CorieWhalen) December 22, 2022

They kept using that word “health.” We do not think it meant what they thought it meant.

@joerogan called this long, long ago.

— Tim Mencer (@MencerTim) December 22, 2022

And the so-called “experts” raked him over the coals for it.

They tried to destroy Joe Rogan's life.

— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) December 22, 2022

It's incredible how the media is now reporting on studies that contradict what the *experts* said during COVID-19 lockdowns, without accepting any responsibility for their own role in silencing the voices who dissented.

No shame at all. They just move on like nothing happened.

— Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) December 22, 2022

Funny how none of those whiny demands for "pandemic amnesty" included anyone apologizing for savagely attacking politically incorrect people who turned out to be absolutely correct for questioning Covid dogma. https://t.co/rLRr0VHz5V

— John Hayward (@Doc_0) December 22, 2022

Yeah. Funny, that.

Anyway, all this raises an important question now: