“We knew that this was a time bomb because the percentage of obesity, hypertension, diabetes is so high,” said Dr. Adolfo Kaplan, a critical care physician who works with Dr. Brown at DHR Health in Edinburg, Texas. “
More than 60 percent of residents are diabetic or prediabetic. The rates of obesity and heart disease are among the nation’s highest.
www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/us/coronavirus-texas-rio-grande-valley.html
