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Originally Posted by Ch28
One of the biggest ways of spreading this virus is via droplets, which is why wearing masks is the best thing we can all do outside of isolating at home. It helps to prevent the spread of YOUR droplets from infecting others if you're positive.
Going to a gym where people are sweating, breathing heavily, and huffing and puffing during their entire workout is the exact opposite of safe, imo. If you're wearing a mask properly then it should actually be somewhat difficult to breath, so it's not like you can workout with a mask on.
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A few reasons I'm not overly concerned, personally:
1) the time of day i go (6:30am), the maximum number of people working out is like 5, usually even less. I always look at the risk as the number of different people occupying a given enclosure/space at one time.
2) the pool of the population that use the gym are likely some of the healthiest in society.
It's probably the least likely place you'd get hit with a high viral load.
3) they've made pretty significant changes to make it, what i feel, is a pretty safe environment. Disinfecting all the equipment constantly, keeping equipment spaced in such a way that patrons are able to use it and be a relatively safe distance from each other, mandatory hand sanitizing when anyone walks in, with enforcement, etc..
We can't continue to just shelter. These reopenings do have to happen. And i think if businesses can operate under regulations that can, not eliminate it completely, but reduce the chance of spread greatly, I'm ok with that.
Just my opinion though.