<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">My husband keeps finding good stuff in Cycling News, which has written more comprehensively about the Belgian study that this list was passing around the other day, followed by opinions that it was suspect information. This article is very clear and helpful about the study itself and more about the controversy surrounding how much bikers and joggers might be putting others at risk (probably not so much).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: LucidaSans;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/belgian-study-on-safe-distancing-while-exercising-goes-viral/" style="font-family: LucidaSans;" class="">https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/belgian-study-on-safe-distancing-while-exercising-goes-viral/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I find these final paragraphs from the article very helpful in many ways:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="">We all want the pandemic to get under control so we can resume a
normal life, but without knowing who exactly is infected and who to
avoid we're in the terrible position of having to act as if we are all infected but the last thing we want to get into the habit of is treating
our fellow humans as pariahs.</p><div class="slot-single-height-2-914" style="position: relative; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; pointer-events: none;"></div><p class="">The
Blocken paper is an interesting study that can serve as a guideline for
exercising outside but what it is not is any evidence whatsoever that
SARS-CoV-2 is spread by aerosols in the outdoors.</p><div class="slot-single-height-1-719" style="position: relative; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; pointer-events: none;"></div><p class="">While
this isn't a good time to blow snot rockets, spit, or jump on the wheel
of random people on the bike path, please remember, we are distancing
ourselves to prevent more disease and deaths, not because other people
are an immediate danger.</p><div class="slot-single-height-0-478" style="position: relative; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; pointer-events: none;"></div><p class="">The
virus has to get to your mucous membranes - your nose, mouth, or eyes.
Even if you're in the slipstream of someone who coughs and is infected,
science has not yet determined how many virus particles are needed to
cause disease.</p><p class="">If it makes you feel safer, wear a mask and as
always, avoid touching your face while out and wash and disinfect your
hands when you get home.</p><p class="">This is a stressful time for everyone so please treat each other kindly if you pass one another outdoors.</p><aside class="hawk-widget" data-model-name="Elite Direto X Smart Turbo Trainer,Saris H3 turbo trainer,Wahoo Kickr,Elite Drivo II smart turbo trainer,Tacx Neo 2T Smart Trainer," data-widget-title="Best turbo trainers" data-widget-type="multimodelreview" data-render-type="editorial" data-widget-id="1033882468666202600" data-result="rendered"><div class="hawk-master-widget-browser-container"><div class="hawk-multi-model-review-container"><div class="hawk-multi-model-review-retail-container"><div class="hawk-title-container"><div class="hawk-title-heading"></div></div></div></div></div></aside></div><div class="">Cheers from Jessie</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>