Gyms are reopening with fewer people and more cleaning, eager to rehabilitate their pandemic-battered image. Although the evidence is still emerging, the science may be on their side -- at least for gyms that follow strict rules.
“Only a few U.S. states have publicly available information on outbreaks linked to the fitness sector,” notes NPR reporter Will Stone, “and those states report very few cases.”
Unlike in a bar, where alcohol tends to lower masks and inhibitions, people inside a gym these days are focused more on health and fitness, not socializing, says one gym owner.
Still, celebrations, milestones and daily routines happen whether we're ready or not, and the summer of 2020 was no different. As Americans sought relief in an ongoing pandemic, they got creative.
We asked far-flung photographers to turn a lens on their own neighborhoods in these crazy, socially distanced days.
What they found, says NPR photo editor Meredith Rizzo, was “a summer sweetness that transcended even a pandemic.”
Even if you never before considered getting a home air purifier to filter out smoke, pollution, pollen or pet dander, the widening pandemic may have you pondering such a purchase now.
But could an air cleaner really help keep your family safer from the coronavirus?
Maybe, scientists say, but it depends on the type. Certain purifiers – those with HEPA filters – might indeed add an extra measure of safety, when used alongside the usual cleaning, masking and distancing routines.
"It's a relatively easy way to get clean air in a place where people are in close contact," says Joseph Gardner Allen, an associate professor of exposure assessment science who directs the Healthy Buildings program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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