Who Would Have Thought? Study Shows Exercise Reduces Risks Of COVID

By Roberta Elliot | Thursday, 25 August 2022 12:00 PM
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Who Would Have Thought? Study Shows Exercise Reduces Risks Of COVID

Tired of the games politicians are playing with your lives when it comes to 'vaccines' that don't seem to work and scaring you into putting on a useless mask? Maybe you are simply looking for a new reason to work out. Whichever it is, read on.

Here's a nice one: Regular exercise significantly reduces your risk of getting COVID-19, a large international research review has discovered.

If you get COVID, the study discovered, routine moderate and/or intense exercise dramatically lowers your odds for serious illness, hospitalization, and/or death."There is evidence that regular physical activity might contribute to a more effective immune response, providing enhanced protective immunity to infections, which could explain the relationship between exercise consistency with COVID-19 infection," announced study author Antonio Garcia-Hermoso. He's a senior researcher with Navarra Biomed and the Universidad Pública de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.

The apparent link between regular activity and reduced COVID risk follows a deep dive into the findings of 16 studies conducted worldwide between 2019 and 2022. In all, they included over 1.8 million men and women (average age: 53). Most were conducted in the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, Iran, Spain, Brazil, Palestine, South Africa, and Sweden.

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Researchers observed that participants who reported being routinely active were (on average) 11% less probable than inactive participants to become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID.

And among those who did get sick, regular activity was linked to a 36% lower risk of hospitalization. The routine exercise was associated with a 34% lower risk of severe illness and a 43% lower risk of dying.

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As for only how much of a workout brought the biggest benefit, researchers discovered that about 2 hours and 20 minutes of moderately intense exercise each week — or 1 hour and 15 minutes of vigorous exercise — suggested the broadest protection against the virus.

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The researchers offered their findings with caution: The studies they reviewed differed in how they were done. None tested the potential of trying out different exercise regimens, relying instead on observations from participants' habits. Furthermore, the studies were all conducted before the emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variants that are now common.

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Nonetheless, researchers stated that exercise is probably helpful for several reasons. They pointed to exercise's ability to reduce inflammation and stress while boosting heart health and immunity. In addition, Garcia-Hermoso said, routine activity can further reduce known "risk factors for a worse prognosis of COVID-19, like obesity or high blood pressure."

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For all those reasons, the findings make a lot of sense, said Dr. Armeen Poor, an attending physician in pulmonary critical care medicine at Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York City.

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"We know that regular exercise has a wide array of benefits that can be protective in countless ways, including but not limited to neurologic, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive and psychiatric wellness," announced Poor, who reviewed the discoveries.

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