<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the response to the Belgian study from the researcher at NIH who conducted the research on COVID and speaking - he is in my husband’s bike team, We should all still keep our distance and be safe, but for those of us that need to exercise this is good news. I hope DC follows Oakland’s lead and starts opening some streets for exercise only.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's already been discounted: it's not a "study".</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweat and exhaled air do not carry detectable amounts of virus until symptoms show up, and you would be unlikely to pull the <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);">10am</a> through the neighborhood by the time you present symptoms.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, talking is a different story, and that's why I told you guys not to chit-chat if there is anybody behind you, and when that advice didn't get taken seriously, why I no longer dared to ride in a group.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You wouldn't believe how much spit exits your mouth when talking! (not a typo: I mean spit, not just shit)<br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay Healthy!</div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div></body></html>