The Krispy Kreme row is out of control and so exhausting

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Krispy Kreme offering free donuts for getting vaccinated is like Marlboro offering free cigarettes for getting a flu shot,” physician and social justice personality Eugene Gu tweeted, in a similar vein. One 2009 study found that 40 percent of doctors had a “negative reaction” towards obese patients, and a 2015 study found that doctors spend less time caring for their fat patients. Another 2013 study found that relationships between doctors and fat patients is often categorized as “weak”, meaning that serious health problems not linked to the patients’ weight were liable to be overlooked and left untreated. “Happy people don’t deserve to be judged for eating a donut… in a time when we have… systemic racism, massive grief, widespread trauma, two mass shootings, a global pandemic, rising rates of depression and anxiety, work from home, school from home, job loss, vacations, cancelled graduations, cancelled weddings, people who haven’t slept, high rates of burnout, political division, among other things… for over a year.” “They just don’t,” the tweet ended.