Monday, January 25, 2021

Update to "Check Those Stress Levels"

January 25, 2021

 

In “Check Those Stress Levels” (Sept. 11, 2020), I said that, although COVID was first thought to strike older and less healthy people, even people who went running were getting sick. I thought that maybe the amount of stress in people’s lives might be a contributor to how sick they got.

Today I saw an article on Yahoo!, originally published on Insider, that recommends that people with COVID avoid exercise, even if they're asymptomatic. The article says that anything more than a brisk walk could make the infection worse, “as higher-intensity exercise can temporarily reduce immune function.”

So, even if isn’t stress in general that gets you, don’t overdo the exercise. You may be inadvertently doing yourself some harm.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-covid-19-avoid-exercise-215546507.html

 

 

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