Article about the Cheltenham Races. Makes me so angry!

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Seeing it all in black and white makes me even more angry than I already was at our government and SAGE at the time.

I'm on other threads now supporting the reintroduction of outside activities, but not like this. What the hell were they thinking?!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/20/virus-dispersion-hub-packed-racecourse-cheltenham-festival?CMP=ShareiOSAppp_Other

@marieantoinehairnet

Well I mean the government got it's sick out this weekend and slapped it in the EUs face when it offered to host that football championship later this year...

They couldn't give two fucks about us residents.

What a stupid idea, inviting football teams from all over Europe to descend on us?!

Dick not sick!!!

Recon I got covid from a pub in Cheltenham during this period. Had All the symptoms anyway.

@OnlyTheLangoftheTitBerg

I go to Cheltenham every year with a friend, have done for decades now. We didn’t go last year because we felt the risk was too high, whatever the official line was. However in various racing groups I’m in on social media, there was a huge amount of that gung-ho spirit in evidence. I’d say the split was 3:1 people metaphorically sticking up two fingers to the virus and stating they were going regardless : those more cautious who gave up their tickets.

The weekend following Cheltenham there was meant to be a full set of Premier League fixtures. They were cancelled on the Friday.. Had they gone ahead the stadiums would have still been packed.

I don't think people started taking it seriously until things started getting cancelled.

Well look forward to us all returning to the Festival next year

yay