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CDC: Wearing a mask at gym helps prevent COVID spread

Posted at 12:05 PM, Feb 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-25 17:05:24-05

While you're working out you should consider masking up.

The CDC has found masks may be key to stopping the spread of COVID-19 at gyms.

The agency says increased respiratory exertion helps the virus spread.

Studies in Chicago and Hawaii are linking outbreaks to gyms when masks were not worn.