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One key difference is that a lack of exercise doesn't put your office mates at risk.
by yosito 5y ago
One key difference is that a lack of exercise doesn't put your office mates at risk.
- shock 5y agoUnfit people are more likely to contract the flu and spread it around.
- chii 5y agothat's a pretty bold assertion, and i dont think it's true. Flu virus will infect someone unfit just as well as someone fit. The fit person may likely not get ill from it, but it doesn't mean they don't spread it.
- shock 5y agoFrom https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/seasonal-influenza/facts/questions-and-answers-seasonal-influenza https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/seasonal-influenza/facts/quest... > The infectious period varies a bit from person to person but it is considered that an adult with flu starts being able to pass on the infection from during the day before their symptoms appear and then they remain potentially infectious for three to five days. The start is probably the same for children but it is often stated that it runs on for up to seven days after onset. > However, the risk to others is not constant throughout. Infectiousness rises steeply when the person starts feeling unwell and that is when he or she is most dangerous to others. The risk of catching influenza from someone even just before they become ill and after the end of the first three days is quite low.
- bananapear 5y agoThis study found that obese people remain infectious 42% longer than lean individuals and in asymptomatic cases 104% longer - https://academic.oup.com/ooim/article/2/1/iqab001/6105076 https://academic.oup.com/ooim/article/2/1/iqab001/6105076