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> I cannot imagine anyone catching covid while traveling at 40 km/h over the ice. The big issue isn't the skating itself, but the logistics at start/finish and

> I cannot imagine anyone catching covid while traveling at 40 km/h over the ice. The big issue isn't the skating itself, but the logistics at start/finish and the stempelposten with its congestion, as well as the 1 to 1.5 million spectators over a course of 200 km with their parties and alcohol consumption, and the logistics to get everyone there and back (full trains and busses). > It’s basically impossible to get outside in the first place (unless you are standing mouth to mouth with someone). Source?

Aeolun 6y ago
I’m extrapolating from my experiences, though I don’t think research disagrees with me here. Here is the first one I could find: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.04.20053058v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.04.20053058v... > We identified only a single outbreak in an outdoor environment, which involved two cases. The first salient feature of the 318 identified outbreaks that involved three or more cases is that they all occurred in indoor environments. And another: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2020/09/10/2020.09.04.20188417.1.full.pdf https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2020/09/10/202... > A database of more than 20,000 cases (including the 7,324 Chinese cases) found 461 that were associated with transmission in completely outdoor environments — predominantly crowded events like markets and rallies. (emphasis mine) Your points about attendant risks are probably true though. People will definitely congregate to drink beer and eat soup, and we’ll have another carnival on our hands :/