'There's a tremendous urge for American's to get out,' Dr. Andrew Noymer, a Public Health Professor at University of California Irvine, told ABC News. Americans have been left thinking about this question as beaches, outdoor bars, farmers markets, and golf courses begin to reopen.
All 50 states have now reopened in some form, and after months staying inside Americans are itching to experience the joys of summer.
But can it be done safely? Americans have been left thinking about this question as beaches, outdoor bars, farmers markets, and golf courses begin to reopen. According to health experts, the answer is both yes and no. All those activities are not created equal in the eyes of a virus -- outdoor bars especially present a health challenge relative to the others -- but ultimately, experts said it all comes down to how much risk one is willing to take.
Generally, the risk of transmitting the virus is much lower outdoors than it is indoors, experts say, a good thing when it comes to outdoor summer activities.Dr. Erin Bromage, an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth who wrote a viral blog post on contracting the illness, broke it down in a simple formula: Getting sick is based on how much virus you are exposed to over what period of time.
Story continues"What we can say so far is most of the spread happens in groups of adults and usually indoors. And the majority of risk is, you know, in crowded environments with stagnant air," Cevik said, Noymer said that it's unavoidable that some people may catch coronavirus at the beach -- like just about any public place -- but"many less than shopping malls."Noymer said outdoor recreation, including tennis and golf"is okay," given that they are non-contact sports where people maintain distance.
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