6/n Sounds good right? Sadly for us gym-goers, there's a HUGE caveat In this study of nearly 4,000 people, only 1 person got COVID-19pic.twitter.com/N41Ip5okF8
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6/n Sounds good right? Sadly for us gym-goers, there's a HUGE caveat In this study of nearly 4,000 people, only 1 person got COVID-19pic.twitter.com/N41Ip5okF8
7/n This is perhaps not surprising, because during the time period of the study there were barely any COVID-19 infections in Oslo, a city of 820,000 peoplepic.twitter.com/BYKw8l4jUf
8/n In other words, what this study showed is that gym doesn't increase your risk of COVID-19 when that risk is virtually 0% anyway
9/n Unfortunately, it tells us nothing about important questions such as: - are gyms a risk for COVID-19? - can you attend gym safely while reopening? - could gyms be safe in areas with more COVID-19?
10/n I feel for the researchers to an extent, because they ran an impressive study, but realistically there's not much you can take away from this research aside from the fact that we should do more studies like it
11/n Gyms, like other places where people are closely confined for long periods of time, remain places where infection is likely to spread, and should probably be treated with cautionpic.twitter.com/n0mp2q07Od
12/n I should add - I'm going to the gym (carefully) I'm not sure that this is a good idea, and I may yet stop, but I certainly didn't base my decision on this trial
How have the gyms adapted in Australia? I'm also in a part of the world where infections are currently very low (British Columbia, Canada) and gyms here are likely opening soon; curious to compare there to here
Gyms have reopened here with limits on the number of people and fairly strict guidelines on cleaning and handwashing
Is group exercise back on in your gym and if so with what limitations?
My gym doesn't do group exercise. Not sure what other places are doing tbh
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