I’m vaccinated. Is it OK to go back to the gym? TODAY 3/11/2021 A. Pawlowski
Whether it s yoga class, weight lifting or laps in the pool, a trip to the gym is back on the schedule or at least the wish list for many people who ve received the COVID-19 vaccine.
But is it truly safe to go?
Experts say fully-vaccinated people are more protected, but advised continued caution for a bit longer.
“It is so much safer than it was before,” Dr. Bruce Hirsch, an infectious disease physician at Northwell Health in Long Island, New York, and assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, told TODAY.
More than one third of black Americans remain hesitant to get a Covid-19 vaccine, poll reveals
New Kaiser Family Foundation polling found 35% of black Americans still say they probably or definitely won t get a COVID-19 vaccine
More black people now plan to get vaccinated than did in September
Black Americans are more vaccine hesitant than any other racial group
The odds of dying from coronavirus are also nearly three times higher for black people in the U.S.
Joe Biden will get the first of dose of the two-part Pfizer vaccine on TV next week
Vice President Pence will get COVID-19 vaccine at White House on Friday
Pence wants major American television networks to broadcast his inoculation
Vice president thinks it will help boost vaccine confidence among skeptics
Pence s wife, Karen, will also get shot as will Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams
Surveys show African Americans are wary of taking the COVID-19 vaccine
Adams, who is black, to make public appearances to urge African Americans to get vaccinated