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Can you catch covid-19 from someone's sweat? is the gym safe?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

COVID 19: Covid 19 isn't transmitted through sweat but that doesn't mean that there aren't live viruses on surfaces in the gym. Social distancing can also be a problem at a gym.

Answered 5/9/2020

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