Israel’s Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center published a ranking of daily activities according to their risk of contracting the coronavirus based on international health experts and publications.
Nightclubs are at the very top of the list as the most high-risk activity followed by parties, bars, sports stadiums, indoor concerts or other shows and attending shul (although a more recent report said that only 2.2% of coronavirus carriers were infected in shuls).
The report explained that at times one virus carrier at a large event can infect dozens or even hundreds of people and blamed large events, which until recently were allowed to be attended by as many as 250 people, as responsible for the recent soaring rate of coronavirus infections in Israel.
Activities that are still high-risk but slightly less risky are attending weddings, hugging or shaking hands, eating at cafeterias and visiting amusement parks.
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Activities that carry a moderate risk of contracting the coronavirus are plane flights, eating at restaurants, using public transportation, working out at gyms, bowling, and playing basketball.
Activities that are still moderately risky but slightly less so are visiting movie theaters, schools and camps, working in a shared office, visiting a barber or hair salon, and playing at playgrounds.
Even lower-risk activities are swimming in public pools, going to malls, using public bathrooms, attending outdoor barbecues or picnics, and staying at hotels.
Finally, low-risk activities are visiting homes of other families, doctor visits, grocery shopping, visiting beaches, using the bathroom in someone else’s home, walking on a crowded street, visiting museums and filling up with gas at a gas station.
Exercising outdoors, and eating takeout were deemed the lowest-risk activities for contracting the coronavirus.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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The overall risk factor in breathing. This is true of all similar viruses (commonly associated with “colds” and the “seasonal” versions of flu). Those who have stopped breathing don’t have to worry about Covid19. Those who still engage in breathing will probably get it sooner or later, though most won’t notice it.