You could always suggest a weekend in the Forest of Dean instead. Very nice at that time of year ?. Things might have changed by May, you never know. I have cancelled hotel but obvs can’t cancel flights so will wait and see what happens but not hopeful.
You are forgetting the huge movement of troops across the globe just after WW1 and the conditions the troops travelled in aboard troop ships, spread of the disease wouldn't have been anything like as widespread if it wasn't for these factors
Certainly......and not only in the current circumstances.
Be careful when saying that mtb is dangerous in this forum, people may start throwing bananas at you.
I’m on Keto, do you think they could chuck bacon instead?
Accidents happen and every weekend a and e sees the usual rash of football players and horse riders! There is a difference between the risk involved in any sport and the injuries incurred through not wearing appropriate protective equipment or mitigating risk beforehand. I windsurf and witness those that end up needing rescue often through not checking wind and tide forecasts or not keeping their kit in good condition....or venturing out in conditions they cannot handle. If you wear protective gear maintain your bike well and ride within your skill level .....or at least only push the limits where the consequence of getting it wrong are low.....fair enough. Like windsurfing there can be a macho/ peer pressure element and that often leads to tears!
Many thanks for this, stay safe and take care of yourselfHi guys, my apologies for my bad english... I will try to be clear as much as I can.
I'm an emtbiker like you, living in Lombardy, Italy, one of the places in the world where the virus is hitting harder.
Yesterday I've read all your posts, and I decided to join the discussion, just to let you know what is happening there, and to give you a friendly suggestion.
I would let you avoid the big mistakes we made there.
Straight to the point: don't underestimate this emergency. Don't wait for your Government decisions, don't wait till the virus will be in your neighborhood. Please learn from our experience, you are now in a better position than us, you can move quick and early.
We italians were talking as many of you.
We underestimate the problem.
Take a look at this picture:
This was taken from home balcony this morning. Deep center of my town, usually full of people and traffic jam. Full of shops, bar and so on.
Nobody outside, we are forced to stay at home: if you go out, police will stop you asking where you going and why. Schools closed, shops closed, everything closed. Only ambulances coming and going all day.
This happens when you underestimate this emergency.
At the moment, you have just one effective way to fight that pandemic: YOU HAVE TO STAY AT HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Avoid places with lot of people. Avoid moving around if not necessary.
Don't think that the virus is as dangerous as flu, and someway not so dangerous for young and healthy people.
This could be true, but this is not the point.
The point is that a very high percentage of infected people, to fight the virus, will need machines for lung ventilation (hope the translation could fit!). So in a few days you could find 100 people with the need for those machines in front of an hospital with just 80 available. Here the nightmare begins.
This is the real emergency: in Italy we have more infected people than ventilation machines.
And if you can't breath... you don't want to wait for the next available one.
We have seen a document for hospitals with instructions about how to choose between people in the need for ventilation machines: younger first. Think about it.
As bikers, we are asked not to bike anywhere. Not for the danger of infection.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BIKE BECAUSE IN CASE OF A CRASH NO DOCTORS ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO PICK YOU UP. You can't risk to go to the hospital for a broken leg.
In Italy, to take care of all the infected people, the Government is calling back retired doctors, students... No break for healthcare professionals, no weekends, nothing: just imagine their face if they have to take care of you biker after a crash on a trail.
So please... to protect weak people, your family, your friends, your community... STAY AT HOME. DON'T MOVE.
Be quick, you are in time. Learn from our mistakes.
I agree with what you say. There is another angle also though and that is that it got it of control in Wuhan by the time they implemented the quarantine. A lot of the people that became sick later we probably already infected and then some who thought they were still well continued to infect others. Once they implemented the quarantine you can see initially a continued ride in people infected obviously die to previous exposure and then they slowly started getting it under control.
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