Gyms should be treated and opened full time as essential businesses because they are essential to our mental and physical HEALTH. Multiple scientific studies have concluded that physical activity and especially WEIGHT LIFTING boost the immune system because it gets your blood flowing, relieves stress, and releases endorphins. Not only can weight lifting help combat covid-19 by giving your body an immune system boost without taking drugs it will also help with the stress of being locked in quarantine. A new government report found that about 41% of adults surveyed in late June "reported an adverse mental or behavioral health condition." That’s a big rise from 2019. Last year just under 1 million Americans died from obesity and heart disease which means that your are statistically 4x more likely to die from being overweight and physically inactive than covid-19 and not to mention that most covid deaths have underlying health conditions like OBESITY AND HEART DISEASE. Opening the gyms back up full time can prevent more covid deaths by allowing the less fortunate in health get an edge over the virus by lifting their restrictions on physical activity which could save lives.