Should I Exercise During the Coronavirus Pandemic?

Experts explain the appropriate amount of exercise to stay healthy without exhausting your immunity

Excessive exercise can put additional strain on your immune system, while moderate exercise can keep it in fighting form should infection strike. Lordn/Shutterstock

So here we are, perfecting our social distancing skills while schools, sports, and other forms of social engagement are on indefinite hold because of a dangerous virus named after a (regal) crown.

The coronavirus is named as such because the center envelope is surrounded by small protein spikes called peplomers. These little protein spikes wreak havoc when they attach to lung tissue and hijack otherwise healthy tissue into building a potentially lethal coronavirus army of invaders.