1/ Q: Can I go back to my indoor #fitness classes? 🚴♀️
A: The #NerdyGirls LOVE your efforts to stay fit 💪, but best to hang on to those online or outdoor workouts a bit longer.
TL;DR: Heavy breathing, no masks, and indoors is the perfect recipe for #SARSCoV2 #transmission.
A: The #NerdyGirls LOVE your efforts to stay fit 💪, but best to hang on to those online or outdoor workouts a bit longer.
TL;DR: Heavy breathing, no masks, and indoors is the perfect recipe for #SARSCoV2 #transmission.
2/ A recent U.S. @CDCgov report described an #outbreak linked to an unnamed fitness facility in #Chicago in which *55 out of 81* attendees of an indoor high-intensity fitness class in Chicago were infected over the course of a week in August 2020.
3/ ❓What precautions were being taken?
➡️ The classes were at <25% capacity, with masks 😷, temperature & symptom checks required at entry. 🤒 Exercise mats were spaced 6 feet/2 meters apart. ↔️
➡️ The classes were at <25% capacity, with masks 😷, temperature & symptom checks required at entry. 🤒 Exercise mats were spaced 6 feet/2 meters apart. ↔️
4/ ➡️ Mask use was NOT required during exercise.
The outbreak investigation involved a fair amount of nerdy detail & detective work, which you can read in full in the report, linked below. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
The outbreak investigation involved a fair amount of nerdy detail & detective work, which you can read in full in the report, linked below. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
5/ ✨HIGHLIGHTS:
➡️ Two attendees reported the earliest symptom onset & each attended five classes during that week while symptomatic (🙈YES, WE KNOW…).
➡️ Two attendees reported the earliest symptom onset & each attended five classes during that week while symptomatic (🙈YES, WE KNOW…).
6/ ➡️Twenty-two (40%) of attendees with #COVID19 attended an exercise class on or after the date of symptom onset, including three (5%) who attended on the same day or after they received the positive test result.
7/ ➡️Overall, 43 (78%) attendees with #COVID19 attended an exercise class during their estimated infectious periods.
Infrequent rather than consistent mask use during class was reported more commonly among attendees with #COVID than among those who did not have #COVID.
Infrequent rather than consistent mask use during class was reported more commonly among attendees with #COVID than among those who did not have #COVID.
8/ A second @CDCgov report described 3 different outbreaks in fitness facilities in #Hawaii. In one, an instructor taught an indoor spinning class around 4 hours before his symptom onset. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
9/ 🚲 Bikes were all 6 feet/2 meters apart, but no one wore masks, doors & windows were closed, and the instructor was placed in front of the participants “shouting instructions & encouragement.”
10/ 💥ALL TEN of the class participants tested positive for #SARSCoV2 within the next several days.
⬇BOTTOM LINE:
➡️ 6 feet apart is not enough in enclosed spaces while exercising. ↔️
⬇BOTTOM LINE:
➡️ 6 feet apart is not enough in enclosed spaces while exercising. ↔️
11/ ➡️ Unmasked activities indoors increase risk of transmission, especially with heavy breathing/shouting & poor ventilation. 😷
➡️ FOR THE LOVE, PLEASE follow guidance for self-isolation & quarantine if you have been exposed or have #symptoms of #COVID19.
➡️ FOR THE LOVE, PLEASE follow guidance for self-isolation & quarantine if you have been exposed or have #symptoms of #COVID19.
12/ ➡️ Exercising OUTDOORS, even with others, is MUCH safer given the rapid dilution of aerosols in outdoor air. 🏞
We APPLAUD all of you making an effort to keep moving during the pandemic. 👏
We APPLAUD all of you making an effort to keep moving during the pandemic. 👏
13/ #Vaccination is quickly pulling forward the day we can all get sweaty together again indoors, but until then try to enjoy the outdoors (yay Spring!), and/or keep up with the bounty of on-line workouts the pandemic has provided along with the #TigerKing & #Bridgerton .
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