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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no way I would go into my gym to work out if other people are there without masks.[/quote]

Don't but it's allowed if people are 10' apart. It stinks for smaller places but I can't work out with a mask on![/quote]

Particles can go as far as 20+ feet so 10' is an arbitrary number when breathing heavily.

They can open whatever they want but I am not going![/quote]

At some point, you're going to have to address your agoraphobia. Because whatever you're dealing with mentally does not correspond to actual risk. [/quote]

DP. But there is an actual risk here if the room isn’t very large (e.g. a class). There are people exhaling forcefully with no masks, and the particles have nowhere to go which means they will be hanging around in that room, and you are in there for more than a few min. Yikes.

We all need to remember that many things are opening due to economic pressure rather than safety, and make smart decisions. [/quote]

But you're assuming that this will be in a room of all infected people, or that your risk is high. Numbers are going down dramatically in NOVA, people who are symptomatic must stay home, and temperature checks will be required. And numbers will be reduced. The risk still seems quite low. Even if you get covid, if you're a reasonably healthy person, you're highly unlikely to experience serious issues or consequences.

Everyone ought to make the best decision for themselves, but there's a lot of irrational anxiety and fear that isn't rooted in sense. [/quote]

It doesn't need to be a room full. Just one presymptomatic (or asymptomatic, depending on how much they can spread the disease) person, in a room where people are exhaling forcefully and inhaling deeply with no masks, is all it would take. The downside of avoiding the gym when it really would be fine is that I don't get as good of a workout as I want. The downside of going to the gym, getting infected, and possibly having a severe case is that my lung capacity is compromised for weeks or possibly months, which would mean not working out at all for a very long time.

And I agree with the PP about not doing unnecessary things that can contribute to community spread. Every little behavior change matters. There are some things we all need to do to maintain sanity. Maybe the gym is that thing you need to do. But if you go that route, maybe think about other things you can avoid doing because you don't really NEED to do them. Others need to do things like send kids to childcare in order to be sane and productive. So maybe those people avoid the gym until community transmission is very low or nonexistent. There are many things we can do with masks and social distancing, but some things where this isn't feasible (e.g. gym, kids at daycare). It seems we should all do our part to limit our engagement in the higher risk activities as much as we can, so we can get back to normal faster.[/quote]

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