• Question: Is it safe to wear a mask when doing sport?

    Asked by anon-256844 on 17 Jun 2020.
    • Photo: Alena Pance

      Alena Pance answered on 17 Jun 2020:

      It is always safe to wear a mask… but unformfortable because breathing might a bit difficult, and sometimes it might not be necessary. Even with this virus that travels so far in our droplets, if we are outside and keep appropriate distance we don’t really need a mask. It makes a difference whether we are talking about outdoor or indoor sports I guess.

    • Photo: Rachel Tanner

      Rachel Tanner answered on 22 Jun 2020:

      Hi Jan, I recently read an interesting article about this – I’ve posted the link below. I think the take-home message is that we need more studies on it to know for sure:

      https://theconversation.com/why-it-could-be-dangerous-to-exercise-with-a-face-mask-on-140277

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