Which activities expose you to coronavirus the most, least? Swimming, dining, going to the bathroom, church and more: report

PennLive ^ | 24 May A.D. 2020 | Jacob Klinger

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The coronavirus shouldn’t make you hold it.

Public restrooms, along with 13 other activities and destinations, were evaluated for their likelihood of spreading the coronavirus (COVID-19) in a series of NPR interviews with epidemiologists.

“There are all sorts of things that you can catch from other people’s poop, and you almost never do, because they’re set up with all hard surfaces that can be cleaned," Landon told NPR.

Small restrooms, or those on the outside of highwayside gas stations do pose higher riskers, Landon told NPR. And overall, the use of public restrooms is assessed as “low to medium risk" in the article. But other, otherwise common late spring and summer activities carry higher risks.

Below, we’ve pulled out some of the key points on going to a pool or beach, dining our, attending a religious service or getting a haircut, along with some tips about how to make each more manageable.

All outings carry risk, and the more people in less space, the more dangerous.

Dining out

People talk inside restaurants, and linger, and so does any coronavirus they might spread. It’s one of the worst activities one could participate in. It’s hard to eat with a mask on. Strict BYO backyard gatherings with a single other household, however, are considered “low risk."

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The beach, or a popular pool

If the same social distancing rules – six feet – applied on land are maintained in the water, then it’s comparatively “low risk." A crowded beach or a pool makes that harder, however, and kids shouldn’t be playing with other kids, then seeing their grandmother afterward, Landon said. Because grandma could get sick and die from the coronavirus that was otherwise being carried asymptomatically.

Getting a haircut

Also a bad idea, it requires someone to stand very close to and breathe on you for extended periods of time, noted Dr. Abraar Kanan, a physician and public heath researcher at Harvard Medical School. If customers and workers wear masks and wash their hands constantly, it gets a little better, but just one customer or worker being an asymptomatic carrier can make a salon or barbershop a local epicenter of infection.

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Attending a religious service

One of the worst possible ideas on this list. Singing, talking, breathing and generally being in close proximity to people from other households for an extended period of time are among the basic elements of spreading the coronavirus. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill epidemiologist Kimberly Powers noted a church service in rural Arkansas from which 35 of 92 people in attendance went on to develop COVID-19, the disease people who fall ill from the coronavirus contract.

Limiting attendance, wearing masks and spreading out attendees helps somewhat.

[lightman]

More FEARMONGERING!

What do the colors mean?

GOAL POSTS MOVED AGAIN!

This is what "Green" meant on April 23:

"The green phase eases most restrictions by lifting the stay at home and business closure orders to allow the economy to strategically reopen while continuing to prioritize public health.

While this phase will facilitate a return to a “new normal,” it will be equally important to continue to monitor public health indicators and adjust orders and restrictions as necessary to ensure the spread of disease remains at a minimum.

Green Phase

Work & Congregate Setting Restrictions

All Businesses Must Follow CDC and PA Department of Health Guidelines

Social Restrictions

Aggressive Mitigation Orders Lifted

All Individuals Must Follow CDC and PA Department of Health Guidelines"

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[immadashell]

Visiting a nursing home or assisted living facility in New York State
Visiting a hospital
Visiting New York City
Having Andrew Cuomo as governor

[lgjhn23]

It’s the biggest bunch of insane, rabid, corrupt, communist BS since the Kenyan Usurpation....

[Gay State Conservative]

OK...the most dangerous would be visiting gun shops...going to church...the least would be visiting a Planned Barrenhood “clinic” and hanging out at a gay bath house.

[datura]

The author should be named KAREN.

[knarf]

We started attending a country church that never closed its doors a few weeks ago and one of it's practices is to pass a basket around and pull out a folded slip of paper with three names to be prayed over for the week.

And it JUST occurred to me ..... the dems and commies have a basket they pass around with outrageous statements on them and the recipient decides to publish the statement or not.

Every ONE of the "statements" are absurd and derogatory to President Trump.

[Buttons12]

Among the lessons learned at Mama's knee:
Never, never go into a public restroom.

[blackdog]

Attending a Joe Biden rally?

[FatherofFive]

OK...the most dangerous would be visiting gun shops...going to church...the least would be visiting a Planned Barrenhood “clinic” and hanging out at a gay bath house.

Nope - no bias or agenda there!

[An Appeal to Heaven]

Oh, good grief. It’s possible these figures are true. But what is without a doubt true, and MUCH MORE IMPORTANT, is that coronavirus has proven to be very, very, very low risk to the majority of us who live our normal lives daily out in public. So even if it’s true that church is the most risky environment, we are still putting ourselves in very, very, very low risk of serious harm. Give me a break.

[kiryandil]

Stepping in 0bama.

[Hojczyk]

We set standards for testing senior and at risk people...the rest of us go back to before...no restrictions of any kind. has there been a huge risk to Wal Mart employees???

[LaRueLaDue]

"Which activities expose you to coronavirus the most, least?"

Who cares? Open things up!!!

Life is not without risk! Live it! Don't wait to die...

[Paladin2]

Living in Michigan and listening to Gov. Whitless.

[Truthoverpower]

SEX ! ( Demoncats will never admit that )

[Truthoverpower]

SEX ! ( Demoncats will never admit that )

[twyn1]

Wow! They really, really, don't want people going to church!! Agenda much?

[Billthedrill]

Listening to NPR should be at the top of the list. It certainly makes me sick.

[nwrep]

New normal Nazis.