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Participate in Outdoor and Indoor Activities
If you want to spend time with people who don’t live with you, outdoors is the safer choice! You are less likely to be exposed to COVID-19 during outdoor activities, even without the use of masks, when you
- Stay at least 6 feet apart from people who don’t live with you
- Limit your time around others
Remember
- Bring a mask with you to put on when you encounter people who may get closer than 6 feet
- Follow local mask mandates
Outdoor and Indoor Activities
- Outside, at least 6 feet apart
- If you can’t stay at least 6 feet apart from people who don’t live with you, wear your mask.
- Inside, at least 6 feet apart
- Well ventilated room
- Wearing mask
Exercise
- Run, walk, or bike at your neighborhood park
- Hike on local trails
- Take your dog for a walk around the neighborhood
- Participate in an outdoor yoga class
- Work in the garden
- Exercise at a fitness center
- Walk around the mall during off hours
- Attend a class at a yoga studio
- Swim at your local pool
Restaurants
- Pick up curbside meals
- Get food delivered
- Eat outside at a restaurant where the tables are at least 6 feet apart
- Eat inside at a restaurant
Visiting or hosting people who don’t live with you
- Have a picnic at a park
- Play kickball in a friend’s backyard
- Roast marshmallows by a firepit
- Have an outdoor barbeque
- Watch movies
- Play games
- Chat with your friends
Entertainment
- Go to a drive-in
- Listen to an outdoor concert from your car
- Create your own outdoor movie party
- Watch a movie at a theater
- Watch a musical performance
- Watch a play
Indoor Activities
If you want to make indoor activities safer
- Pick uncrowded, well ventilated places
- Stay at least 6 feet apart
- Wear your mask correctly and consistently
- Limit the amount of time you spend with others
Why Outside is a Safer Choice
COVID-19 spreads more easily indoors than outdoors. Studies show that people are more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 when they are closer than 6 feet apart from others for longer periods of time.
You are more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 when you
- Attend crowded, poorly ventilated indoor events
- Have close contact with infected people at home
You are less likely to be exposed to COVID-19 when you
- Attend outdoor activities
- Stay at least 6 feet apart
- Limit the amount of time spent with people who don’t live with you
Things you can do to be safer
- Wear a mask consistently and correctly over your nose and mouth
- Stay at least 6 feet apart from people who don’t live with you
- Avoid crowds
- Avoid places that are poorly ventilated or crowded
- Wash your hands
