These mandates have left many Americans isolated at home, hopefully heeding the social distancing guidance outlined by health officials and venturing only to places like the grocery store or pharmacy.

Staying as close to home as possible, millions of Americans are adjusting to the new normal.
But cabin fever is a real, often unpleasant consequence of avoiding the outside world. The worst of cabin fever can be avoided in areas that are not on lockdown by regularly getting outside, moving around and witnessing seasonal changes that are marching on despite the pandemic.
Many authorities and experts, in fact, recommend outdoor activity — with caution.
"You can't just sit in your house. There's a certain point where you go stir crazy," says Dr. Daniel Griffin, an infectious disease specialist at Columbia University Medical Center.
There are, of course, several factors to consider and various limitations (by location or personal vulnerability level) in just how far outside you can venture. And in areas currently worst hit by spiking cases, most outdoor activity just isn't possible as authorities work to beat back the virus.
Read on for some general advice about going outside during the pandemic and be sure to keep tabs on local guidance as it evolves.

If you live near a wide-open space, consider it ground zero for taking in a bit of fresh air.
Psychologist Baruch Fischhoff, who studies decision-making, among other things, says it's fine to go outside, to go anywhere outdoors really, so long as you're committed to following the social distancing protocols as outlined by medical experts.
That means staying at least six feet away from anyone you aren't living with. Crowded parks or beaches teeming with people won't do.
Playgrounds and public facilities like restrooms are risky because of their high-touch nature.
In Italy, officials have closed parks, gardens and play areas, and prohibited jogging and other outdoor leisure activities, which will now only be allowed in the vicinity of people's homes.
In Los Angeles, crowded hiking trails, so overrun as to make social distancing impossible, have been shut down entirely.
In other areas, uncrowded parks and neighborhoods are still considered a fine option for fresh air.
Fischhoff, a professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, encourages people to think of everyone around themselves (outside of their cohabitants) as virus carriers, since there isn't enough testing to assume otherwise.