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Got a citation for that "haven't been shown to increase your risk" statement? Or is it just an absence of evidence? Because America has had uncontrolled communi

Got a citation for that "haven't been shown to increase your risk" statement? Or is it just an absence of evidence? Because America has had uncontrolled community spread since about March 2020. We had a glorious two months with vaccines and no meaningful variants last year, and in that time I didn't wear a mask. Since then, several variants with substantial immune escape have evolved. I'm not worried about dying, but that doesn't mean I'm going to start taking meaningless risks. I'm not going to start licking handrails in the subway. I'm going to wear my seatbelt. I'll dine indoors at restaurants, but again--I'm looking at my integrated risk.

Grazester 4y ago
"...haven't been shown to increase your risk" If people readily got COVID at my gym something tells me at least 1/4 would be dead the way they pack themselves in there without masks. I am shocked to be honest. Even myself with an N95 mask that try to keep my distance would have probably caught it also.
- MengerSponge 4y ago
  It really depends on the air flow in your gym. Mine has pretty low ceilings where the free weights are, but the cardio hall used to be a gymnasium/basketball court. Also, most people aren't isolating and taking home grocery delivery except for when they go, unmasked, to the gym. It would be hard to measure in the best of times, and our extremely high community spread levels make it pretty much impossible to quantify the risk posed by going to the gym specifically.