Your gym might require face masks. Here's what you need to know.
where people were singing in a group."There's quite a bit of epidemiological data to suggest that there are some activities that cause people to expel these aerosols at a higher rate, possibly further," Anne Liu, MD, immunologist and infectious disease doctor with Stanford Health Care, told POPSUGAR.
There are factors to consider here when this is applied to working out: how crowded of a space you're working out in, how good the airflow is, whether you're indoors or outdoors, and if working out specifically can increase the spread of COVID-19. Some studies back up the latter. Dr. Miyakawawhich looked at clusters of COVID-19 in Japan from January to April of this year.
"Being indoors with other individuals who are breathing hard right now is not that advisable," Dr. Liu told POPSUGAR."If you have to be in that situation, wear a mask." She added, however,"aside from complete social distancing, there is no measure that is 100 percent effective" in thwarting the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Miyakawa said that she wants people to err on the side of caution.
Dr. Liu noted that she wants people to understand this: the longer you are indoors with other people, even if they're wearing a mask, the higher the risk of transmission becomes."Just because you're six feet from somebody, if they have been working out in that room, then they've been there generating all kinds of droplets. And if your mask slips a little, or if you move it aside to scratch your nose, then you get exposed.
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