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I can counter you anecdote with one of my own. I go the gym a lot. I rarely get sick. I kept going to the gym when the state allowed it to be open during the pa

I can counter you anecdote with one of my own. I go the gym a lot. I rarely get sick. I kept going to the gym when the state allowed it to be open during the pandemic and still never got sick. Telling people to skip the gym to prevent contracting the flu might be some of the worst health advice there is given heart disease is the number one cause of death. Severe covid correlates strongly with obesity too. There was a substantial jump in obesity rates during the pandemic from people sitting around inside. Personally I think gym's are overrated in spreading disease. Almost nobody goes to the gym when they are still feeling sick.

mecsred 4y ago
I was fully with you up until the final couple sentences. Anyone who's been in a gym knows it's not a sterile place. Again anecdotally people I have met specifically from going to the gym would go while mildly sick 100%. Justified with some variation of "just power through". If you're healthy moderate exposure to pathogens can definitely boost your own immune system response. The impact of hosting those pathogens is one of the talking points COVID brought up that I think will be around for a long time.