How cycling can reduce the chance of a Covid-19 infection

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Everyone knows cycling is healthy. But especially during this Covid-19 crisis it is good to ride your bike more often. Here are the reasons why.

(Picture from BlenderTimer/Pixabay) # Social distancing By riding your bicycle you automatically keep distance from other people. The bike automatically creates a form of social distancing. German Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) recently promoted the use of bicycles to reduce the chance on a Covid-19 infection : Everyone should consider, in the sense of "social distancing", whether they could walk or ride a saddle instead of using public transport. In this way, the risk of infection can be reduced. (source: spiegel.de) # Avoiding infected surfaces Cycling not only keeps you at a distance from others, but also reduces the risk of getting infected by touching surfaces. A recent study showed that the Covid-19 virus can survive between 5 and 9 days on surfaces (source:https://www.scientias.nl/hoe-lang-kan-het-coronavirus-overleven/). This makes traveling by public transport a lot more risky than taking your own bike.

(Picture from renategranade0/Pixabay) # Ventilate your airways Retired pneumologist Michael Barczok also indicates that cycling actively makes you breathe more intensely which cleans your airways. Cycling more frequently also leads to lower blood pressure. This doesn’t lower the chance of an infection, but will have a positive effect on the impact of the virus (source: spiegel.de)

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