(KLTV) - As state leaders across the country ease restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans are returning to some sense of normalcy while observing CDC guidelines in practice by most cities.
MLive, a media company in Michigan, spoke with four state public health experts about the risk that various popular or everyday activities have on the transmission of COVID-19.
According to the article, the doctors pointed to five factors when considering how risky a given activity might be: Whether it’s inside or outside; proximity to others; exposure time; the likelihood of compliance; and personal risk level.
The list, below, assigns a score for activities from 1 to 10, with a 10 being the riskiest and a 1 being the least risky. The score is an average of scores given by the health experts, rounded to the nearest whole number.
Risk level: 9
Bars
Large music concerts
Sports stadiums
Gyms
Risk level: 8
Amusement parks
Churches
Buffets
Risk level: 7
Basketball
Public pools
Schools
Risk level: 6
Casinos
Restaurants, indoor seating
Playgrounds
Hair salons, barbershops
Pontoon boat rides
Movie theaters
Risk level: 5
Dinner parties at a house
Airplanes
Backyard barbecues
Malls
Beaches
Bowling
Risk level: 4
Dentist’s offices
Walking in a busy downtown
Offices
Doctor’s office waiting rooms
Eating outside at a restaurant
Risk level: 3
Getting groceries
Camping
Hotels
Golfing
Libraries and museums
Risk level: 2
Going for a walk, run, or bike ride with others
Getting fuel
Risk level: 1
Getting takeout from a restaurant
Playing tennis
“From hair salons to gyms, experts rank 36 activities by coronavirus risk level” was first published at https://www.mlive.com/public-intere...-36-activities-by-coronavirus-risk-level.html by MLive.
