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As CommunistCuddlefish said, their rationale for stores especially makes no sense and definitely needs to be reevaluated. Airborne pathogens can stay viable for several hours and travel long distances, and are still shed by people with asymptomatic infections, so you can't just judge it based off of whether people nearby seem sick or not. This is why even unmasking outdoors in public is still not without risk. For that matter, a gym is a pretty bad place to unmask as well, since particles containing COVID pathogens are continuously shed through heavy breathing.