# Is it foolish for me to go out hiking?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-foolish-for-me-to-go-out-hiking/851064>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 4, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-foolish-for-me-to-go-out-hiking/851064 "2020-04-04T16:17:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-foolish-for-me-to-go-out-hiking/851064/41 "2020-04-06T19:59:21Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Since that is a youtube, can you summarize?

People are using farmer’s fields to walk for exercise and to walk their dogs, and the farmers are not happy with them. They’re bringing viruses, leaving gates open, their dogs are leaving waste, etc.

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**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-foolish-for-me-to-go-out-hiking/851064/42 "2020-04-06T21:32:06Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> People are using farmer’s fields to walk for exercise and to walk their dogs, and the farmers are not happy with them. They’re bringing viruses, leaving gates open, their dogs are leaving waste, etc.

And they are touching things. They are touching the gate the farmer has to touch. They are potentially infecting the people they need to feed them.

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