In a now-deleted post, Sweetgreen co-founder and CEO Jonathan Neman connected obesity to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, saying “no vaccine nor mask will save us” and proposing taxes on processed food and refined sugar.
The post was deleted Wednesday, several hours after
Neman’s commentary comes as the U.S. battles another wave of new Covid-19 cases, leading some localities to impose vaccination or mask requirements. As of Aug. 31, the seven-day average of daily new U.S. cases reached 160,455, up 6 percent from a week ago, according to a CNBC analysis of Johns Hopkins University data.Health officials have pointed to the highly contagious delta variant as the culprit, particularly in regions with low vaccination rates.
“What if we made the food that is making us sick illegal? What if we taxed processed food and refined sugar to pay for the impact of the pandemic?” he added.
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