DocGlabella t1_j1ag9px wrote on December 22, 2022 at 9:20 PM

Reply to comment by ImportantRope in Physical activity before COVID-19 infection is associated with less severe outcomes. In a study of 194,191 adults with COVID-19, those who were consistently inactive were 191% more likely to be hospitalized and 391% more likely to die than those who were consistently active. by glawgii

They said what I said actually. That closing down gyms did not promote an active lifestyle. Pretty sure they weren’t arguing that the government should’ve gone out and forced people to exercise. They were annoyed that we closed down exercise facilities.

Edit: don’t you just hate it when somebody edits their comment after you’ve already responded to it, making you sound nonsensical? Not engaging with you anymore if you’re going to do that. Your original comment just said “that’s what the person I was responding to said.“

ImportantRope t1_j1aj10g wrote on December 22, 2022 at 9:39 PM

While it sounds nice to be able to differentiate between gyms with excellent ventilation and not, in practicality it's quite a logistical nightmare. How are you determining which gyms are allowed to stay open? Is a garage door open enough? What defines good enough ventilation? Can you still have a class of people breathing on each other? Who is checking all these things? The reality is that you need to be able to take public health measures during a pandemic, and closing gyms which are going to be major sources of disease spreading, is a no brainer. It's a weird hill to die on imo. Theres more ways to exercise than the gym, I know because I've been doing it.

ObservantWon t1_j1aww1s wrote on December 22, 2022 at 11:17 PM

So close all gyms but keep fast food restaurants open. Stupidity at its finest

ImportantRope t1_j1b62oz wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:25 AM

This would be a false equivalency, takeout with proper precautions should be fairly low risk. Sit down to eat with a mask off is obviously theater. Of course you're trying to compare eating junk food to working out. Obesity is a different epidemic and we can discuss solutions to that but I have my doubts you care that much.

ObservantWon t1_j1b7nd0 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:37 AM

Young, healthy gym goers weren’t the ones filling up hospitals. The media and our government was completely dishonest from the beginning. They made it seem like everyone was getting violently ill and dying from Covid, when the vast majority were over 65, and chronically unhealthy. So why close gyms? For what purpose? Who were they protecting? But keep drive thrus open at McDonald’s and Burger King.

ImportantRope t1_j1b9hwg wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:51 AM

I don't know what media you were watching but that wasn't never the narrative I heard, even from the beginning. This seems to be the mistake I hear from people with your point of view all the time. It's a selfish one that doesn't understand society and public health. Yes the majority of deaths were not young, healthy people. But with just obesity being a co-morbidity that's 42% of the population. Then throw in diabetes, asthma, smoking, heart conditions, and the elderly and a majority of your population is at risk. The more people that get sick, the more people it spreads to. This is epidemiology 101. The only way to try to protect an at risk population that large is to try to slow the spread and not overwhelm your healthcare system. Should be really easy to understand. More and more research is pointing to long term complications from COVID without it being fatal, so it's not only death is the only consequence to consider.