We asked two infectious disease experts about how to have coronavirus-free fun at your favorite waterfronts. Here's their advice for a sunny, safer summer.
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It's nearly summer, and it's getting balmier by the day. You could splay out on the beach or cannonball into a community pool -- but you also don't want to bring home coronavirus. You can have fun without fear, as long as you observe the social distancing measures we've adopted as routine over the last few months. Now, you just have to do it in while you float in an inner tube.We asked two infectious disease experts about how to have coronavirus-free fun at your favorite waterfronts. Here's their advice for a sunny, safer summer.Before you go The risk of infection is thought to be lower outside, where wind can blow the virus away.
But like anything in the age of coronavirus, there's risk in recreation, said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and longtime adviser to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "You can do all these things," he told CNN."You just have to keep yourself distant." Find out the pool or beach's safety protocol.
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