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Dec 2021
12:47pm, 24 Dec 2021
1,841 posts
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Zorba
The Saint , are you Drakeford in disguise ?
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Dec 2021
1:35pm, 24 Dec 2021
9,035 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I don’t envy the event teams in the countries where they have to check the runners’ vaccination status and/or test results (as mentioned in the link on the previous page). Sounds easier just to cancel.
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Dec 2021
1:51pm, 24 Dec 2021
51,774 posts
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LindsD
Agree
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Dec 2021
2:12pm, 24 Dec 2021
1,848 posts
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Looby Loo
My daughter is in NZ and they only check the vaccinations when your lined up being scanned. So you can run but not get a result. Not sure how this helps stop the spread.
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Dec 2021
2:37pm, 24 Dec 2021
1,943 posts
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Humbugteddy
Interestingly the 5k run that has been cancelled next week have stated that it was due to a lack of medical cover and a concern over indoor registration, which isn't a problem that parkrun had.
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Dec 2021
2:38pm, 24 Dec 2021
1,285 posts
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Spideog
My daughter is in NZ and they only check the vaccinations when your lined up being scanned. So you can run but not get a result. Not sure how this helps stop the spread.
It doesn't. But it meets the local requirements and shows that they are silly requirements at the same time.
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Dec 2021
2:40pm, 24 Dec 2021
1,851 posts
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Looby Loo
Exactly.
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Dec 2021
2:47pm, 24 Dec 2021
1,286 posts
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Spideog
Well they are not (yet) asking for legal advice on Twitter about suing local authorities and landowners but this blog.parkrun.com Cites two papers that seem to me to be opinion masquerading as science.
What would be needed to make the papers science rather than opinion?
Zero cases of transmission identified at parkrun events, and other than setting up someone with covid to cough on everyone as they start running and then testing them for the same strain of covid a few days later I'm not sure what they can do to prove it's safe. There is surely enough known about transmission in various other situations that the assumptions made about potential for transmission outside at parkrun can be fairly safe opinions.
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Dec 2021
2:52pm, 24 Dec 2021
15,963 posts
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rf_fozzy
"What would be needed to make the papers science rather than opinion?"
A rigourous methodology published beforehand with protocols for data collection openly published and adhered to. Analysis, results and data fully released and peer reviewed.
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Dec 2021
2:54pm, 24 Dec 2021
1,937 posts
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auburnette
Re: the possibility of running alone at Saturday at 9am, sure it's possible but personally I find the occasional group run (club or parkrun) and being in the presence of other humans very beneficial for my mental health. I do probably 80% of my miles alone anyway but really felt it last winter when we were not allowed to exercise in groups. Very isolating never really seeing other people (we live in a rural area). For me it's a significant mental benefit as much as a physical one and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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