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elias7

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8. Let us count the ways...

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2020, 11:56 AM

May 2020

Locker rooms with public benches, public lockers, public toilets, sinks and showers, steam rooms and sauna...

Training room with people straining, forcefully exhaling, aerosolizing their secretions, breathing hard and talking, virus circulating, settling on metal surfaces...

People will wipe down the machines with a disinfectant after use and they will think they’re safe.

Stupidest thing ever

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Opening up gyms. One could argue they are less safe than a bar. [View all] shockey80 May 2020 OP

I was germ-phobic about gyms before the virus. MontanaMama May 2020 #1

Under normal circumstances I avoid gyms because I'm a lazy slob. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #2

Gyms are so 2019. I canceled my gym membership, I can't imagine going back. chia May 2020 #3

All that body sweat shedding the virus all over the equipment. BComplex May 2020 #4

COVID19 is not spread through sweat. we can do it May 2020 #12

Are we sure? It's been found in other bodily fluids NickB79 May 2020 #14

Yes I'm sure. Google is your friend. we can do it May 2020 #15

yeah it isn't like people breathe heavily in a gym dsc May 2020 #19

I'd like to see a link of a report on that. BComplex May 2020 #18

Science says otherwise. we can do it May 2020 #24

None of those links said it is DEFINITELY NOT spread through sweat. BComplex May 2020 #26

How do you prove a negative? we can do it May 2020 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author BComplex May 2020 #28

It ain't the sweat it's the heavy breathing. Voltaire2 May 2020 #21

Masks, distancing, limiting people in room, sanitizing. we can do it May 2020 #25

The first adjustment my household made, before any lockdown/stay-at-home order, RockRaven May 2020 #5

Our local gym reopened yesterday CanonRay May 2020 #6

I think there is no question that gyms are less safe. People don't tend to share things at a bar tulipsandroses May 2020 #7

Let us count the ways... elias7 May 2020 #8

And breathing and exhaling more forcefully Lars39 May 2020 #17

Nothing beats getting in great shape for your stay in the hospital..... KY_EnviroGuy May 2020 #9

When our Y opens on June 1 people will be required to wear masks with no more than 10 in a room. we can do it May 2020 #10

I miss going to the gym TheFarseer May 2020 #11

Me too and I never thought I'd say that! beaglelover May 2020 #20

My crossfit gym is moving outside. Shanti Mama May 2020 #13

Gyms are still closed WA-03 Democrat May 2020 #16

Yep. Viral particles are aerosolized through exhalation dalton99a May 2020 #22

The owner of the gym I go to is conducting home workouts over Zoom. Aristus May 2020 #23

Gyms are certainly more of a problem than Chainfire May 2020 #29