Old 08-25-21, 01:49 PM
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I appreciate that you are thinking deeply about this.

...I figure if it's going to happen, it's going to happen from work.
That's not the right way to think about this. The risks are additive.

You have X amount of risk at work. Then in your leisure time, you add Y amount of risk, for a net total increased risk.

I do what I can...
With that in mind, I beg to differ. You can cut out training and racing at the velodrome to lower your risk...literally.

I don't think the risk is worth the reward. The effects, as unlikely as they are, can be traumatizing.

Also, if everyone would stop doing "extra" stuff, the virus would subside. Mask mandates and shutdowns work. This idea that, "We gotta get back to normal and things will be normal." doesn't work. We know it doesn't work, yet we keep trying it.

Hindsight being 20/20. If everyone in the world had just chilled for 2 months back in early 2020, this would all be behind us...yet, here we are.

I'm sorry to sound preachy. I'm not directing all of this to you. It's to those participating in sports in general.
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