COVID-19 Virus Can Literally Catch up; Research Says 'Slow Walkers' May be Infected More

COVID-19 is one of the most notorious viruses that are present in the world, and it infects highly as its components can be carried by air towards other people, hence the masks and protective equipment. However, new research suggests that people whose pace while walking is slower might have a higher chance to contract the virus.

The pandemic has been plaguing the world for more than a year now, and it has already evolved to multiple variants that produced massive scares as they are more robust and effective in infecting people. Different strains may have gone out, but it is still a massive threat to human health, providing danger and health risks with exposure.

However, various studies have been surfacing on what makes people more susceptible to infection from the coronavirus, and one of them suggests something about human speed while walking. The return to the public with limited interaction and observing proper guidelines are allowed, but this study may lead people to think twice.

COVID-19 Infection Affects Walking Pace, Speed in Public

The public places and locations were initially banned by lockdown restrictions for one massive reason, and that is because people can share the virus, as they breathe in and out of their systems. Moreover, people can be asymptomatic but still carry the virus, and make it unknown to others that they harbor COVID-19.

According to a study by Thomas Yates, et.al., published via the International Journal of Obesity entitled "Obesity, walking pace and severe risk of COVID-19 and mortality: analysis of UK Biobank," walking may have serious connections to contracting the virus. Yes, these researchers have analyzed and detected that people are more likely to catch COVID-19 by walking slow, despite not being obese.

The researchers have based the idea that standstill objects and people are the most likely to catch the virus in a public location, apart from those who are constantly moving around. However, the researchers have ruled another parameter, particularly as they let people walk at different speeds, looking if it could affect infection rate, to which they concluded that it does.

COVID-19 Walking Pace Data and Virus Infection

According to News Hub's report, among its control population of more than 400,000 case studies, 1,000 of these people have contracted a severe case of COVID-19, and it is associated with their walking speed. Moreover, Obesity is also a massive factor that affects infection rate, as these individuals have weaker immune systems.

The faster pace in walking has proved to have better cardiovascular muscle exercise, along with other health benefits, which essentially makes a person stronger and more immune to everyday diseases like colds. Walking pace is highly associated with fitness, thus the study concluding that a huge factor in immunity is a person's strolling speed.

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Written by Isaiah Alonzo