Medical group releases chart ranking activities based on COVID-19 risk

A group of doctors in Texas have released a chart that ranks risk factors for contracting COVID-19.

AUSTIN, Texas - A group of medical experts and leaders have assigned coronavirus risk levels to various activities.

The Texas Medical Association told FOX 35 that a task force of about 14 physicians who are experts and leaders in medicine have determined the risk level of various activities, ranked from 1 through 10. Download the here (PDF).

The task force broke down the following activities into the following groups:

LOW-RISK ACTIVITIES (1-2):

Opening the mail
Getting restaurant takeout
Pumping gasoline
Playing tennis
Going camping

LOW-MODERATE RISK (3-4):

Grocery shopping
Going for walk, run, or bike ride with others
Playing golf
Staying at a hotel for two nights
Sitting in a doctor's waiting room
Going to a library or museum
Eating in a restaurant (outside)
Walking in a busy downtown
Spending an hour at a playground

MODERATE RISK (5-6):

Having dinner at someone else's house
Attending a backyard barbecue
Going to a beach
Shopping at a mall
Sending kids to school, camp, or daycare
Working a week in an office building
Swimming in a public pool
Visiting an elderly relative or friend in their homem

MODERATE-HIGH (7):

Going to a hair salon or barbershop
Eating in a restaurant (inside)
Attending a wedding or funeral
Traveling by plane
Playing basketball
Playing football
Hugging or shaking hands when greeting a friend

HIGH-RISK (8-9):

Eating at a buffet
Working out at a gym
Going to an amusement park
Going to a movie theater
Attending a large music concert
Going to a sports stadium
Attending a religious service with 500+ worshippers
Going to a bar

Phase two of Florida's reopening is ongoing. The following is in effect:

Restaurants can now allow bar-top seating with appropriate social distancing.
Retail stores can now operate at full capacity with responsible social distancing and sanitization protocols.
Gyms can now operate at full capacity as well with appropriate social distancing and frequent sanitization.
Entertainment businesses, like movie theaters, concert houses, auditoriums, playhouses, bowling alleys and arcades, can operate at 50 percent with appropriate social distancing and sanitization protocols.
Personal services businesses, including but not limited to tattoo parlors, acupuncture establishments, tanning salons, and massage establishments, may operate with guidance from the Florida Department of Health.
Pari-mutuel betting facilities can submit a request to reopen to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The request must include an endorsement from their county mayor or county administrator if there is no mayor.

Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach -- which are the counties that got hit the heaviest by coronavirus in Florida -- will remain in phase one for the time being. When ready, they can seek approval from their county mayor or county administrator to enter phase two.