As the weather gets warmer, compliance will be less. I really think it will be very difficult to require a person to wear a mask in a gym unless your workout involves mild to moderate exercise or on a beach. In my State, NJ, which is very hard hit, it is "strongly recommended" indoors. The CDC "strongly recommends a "face covering" when social distancing can't be achieved". I think we have to be sensible with "face coverings". If you are on a beach and are 6 feet or more away from a person, it's not necessary but I'd have one nearby in case anyone approaches or merely use my towel to cover my mouth and nose. Tho swimming is good for you, your chances of coming in contact in the water is greater and a mask or face covering is useless when wet.
You don't want people dropping like flies in the heat because the face covering is hot and uncomfortable & inhibits breathing.
Even during conversation, according to the CDC, droplets occur and become an aerosol and hang in the air 14 sec. so if you're jogging or walking, you could walk into a mist caused by the previous person. We just have to think about where we are, what we are doing and think about possible exposures and protect ourselves as best we can without jeopardizing our health in other ways.
the same with gloves. I see so many people with gloves....I wear them at Super Markets and in common areas of our condominium. If you don't treat your gloves like your hands or skin they are useless. Once you touch a high contact area like elevator buttons, the handles of a cart or the handle of a refrigerator in a supermarket, you may have touched a virus laden object. People have a false sense of security wearing gloves. Having been a nurse for 50 years, I know how to put them on, take them off or when they are contaminated. Often, I see people adjust their glasses, fix their mask or talking on a phone, wearing gloves.....you've done more harm than good....it's nice you are wearing a face covering but you've created a serious risk by touching your face with contaminated gloves. Same with hand sanitizer.....why..,.soap is cheaper and more effective....over use of sanitizer causes dryness of the skin and cracks, enter Covid-19. Soap destroys the fat molecule in the virus, the handwashing, the mechanical motion sheds the virus and the running water rinses it off. When you wash your hands, you cleanse the finger tips, the most contaminated part of your hand; you also should brush under the nails. Why were people running to buy sanitizer when we were in lock down? Sanitizer has its place, in your car, during public transportation, where there's no soap and water, but when you get where you are going, simply wash your hands and before you get there, just don't touch your face. Gloves aren't protecting you just by being worn. I see it over and over again....or people wearing the same mask or covering for days....I do reuse mine but spray it and put it under UV and depending on how long or where I wore it, I toss it after three days but that's if I just am in my building but super market masks get tossed. Now that masks are available, I prefer a ask to a cloth covering
pardon the rant but just be sensible and aware of your surroundings.....think about what you touch and your contacts.....
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