A group of Texas doctors released a ranked list of how risky certain activities are when it comes to contracting COVID-19.
It says that opening the mail has the lowest risk activity with a score of one, while going to a bar is “high risk” and scores a 9.
Other high-risk activities include working out at a gym, eating at a buffet, going to a theater, going to a concert, attending a religious service with 500 or more people, and going to a sports stadium. Traveling by plane, playing basketball and football, attending a wedding or funeral, hugging or shaking hands, and going to a barbershop or hair salon are also considered “moderate risk,” according to the association.
Some on social media noted that the list did not include protesting, coming several weeks after Black Lives Matter protests were held in numerous cities with tens of thousands of people.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas started reopening the state in May but has begun reversing course in recent weeks, ordering bars closed and mandating face coverings.
New York and Florida are the only other states to record more than 10,000 new cases in a single day. New York hit that grim total back in April, when New York City hospitals were overwhelmed and hundreds of people were dying every day. Florida topped 10,000 confirmed cases last week.
“We have rapid spread of COVID-19 in the state of Texas right now,” Abbott told San Antonio television station KENS.
Mayors in some of the biggest cities in the state—including Austin, San Antonio, and Houston—have warned that hospitals could soon become overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. Along the Texas-Mexico border, some cities imposed curfew orders in hopes of cutting down on large parties or social gatherings as cases have skyrocketed.