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Re:California Covid-19 traffic report finds silver lining by dehrmann on Sunday April 19, 2020 @01:48AM (#22913846)
I've had a similar experience, though I have no idea if the runners I'm seeing makes up for less activity throughout the day, gyms being closed, etc. It's possible that the 4% of people who go to the gym regularly are now running outside, and everyone else is even less active.

Also, heart disease and type-2 diabetes are years in the making, and a month of moderate exercise and better eating won't make up for it overnight. Not to mention added stress.

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Re:California Covid-19 traffic report finds silver lining by arcticbull on Sunday April 19, 2020 @02:05AM (#22913904)
Takes 21 days to form a new habit, so there's every chance they'll continue!
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Re:California Covid-19 traffic report finds silver lining by watwut on Sunday April 19, 2020 @07:05AM (#22914972)
No, there is not. When the circumstances change, habits change too.

When people go back to work, they will have less time at their hands. They will have to adjust to commuting again, taking kids to/from school again, being somewhere at time again.

All of that will cut into their exercise time. All the people who are exercising out of boredom now will stop exercising out of being tired of doing lot of things again.

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Re:California Covid-19 traffic report finds silver lining by chrisweekly on Sunday April 19, 2020 @07:30AM (#22915111)
It's far from given that a return to pre-outbreak commuting patterns will be the norm.
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