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Following the announcement of the postponement of the Wuhan Marathon, another boot of North Malaysia still landed, and the expected extension was just waiting for an official announcement.
Obviously, Beijing, which is facing the easy spread of the virus in winter and the multiple pressures of holding the Winter Olympics, can no longer afford to slip up, not to mention that some areas of Beijing Changping have been affected by related cases and have been upgraded to high-risk areas, and there are also new cases in Fengtai, Haidian and other places.
Although This year, North Malaysia only allows local runners in Beijing to participate, the intention is very clear, that is, to reduce the risk of the movement of people from other places, but it can not withstand the outbreak of the epidemic in Beijing and individual areas, North Malaysia has no conditions, and postponement is the only option.
Last weekend, the first race day of the second half of the marathon season just came to a successful end, and more than 10 races were held across the country at the same time, full of joy and joy, and we seemed to have found a long-lost marathon in full swing, but after a few days the marathon dropped from boiling point to freezing point.
Due to the new round of the epidemic and the distribution of related cases in many parts of the country, the Wuhan Marathon, which was supposed to be held yesterday, was postponed, and yesterday, as the second day of the second running season in the second half of the year, many medium-scale races were put to rest, and the lively competition scenes on every Sunday in the racecourse season no longer existed.
So does this mean that the second half of the race season will be completely reimbursed?
Judging from the situation of all parties, Hui Pao's conclusion is that there is no need to be too pessimistic and not too optimistic.
Whether a city can hold a marathon is not only affected by rigid policies, but also highly correlated with whether there is a local epidemic and the attitude of the government, and cannot be generalized.
At the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held yesterday, it was clearly pointed out that the risk of further spread of the epidemic is still increasing, requiring areas where the epidemic occurs to reduce cross-regional gathering activities and resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic.
This means that the provincial-level cities and prefecture-level cities where the epidemic is located are definitely not counting on the competition in the past one or two months.
So where is the outbreak happening right now?
The following chart shows the epidemic situation in various places as of October 24, and it is unlikely that these cities and even provinces will hold the tournament in the near future.
For example, the postponement of the registration lottery for the Changsha Marathon is related to the outbreak of the epidemic in Changsha. There was no epidemic in Wuhan, but there were individual cases in Tianmen, Hubei, but Wuhan still pressed the pause button, which shows that the government is highly sensitive to the epidemic.
So can the regions where there is no epidemic be able to run the games normally?
It depends on the local government's own considerations.
For example, the Hangzhou Marathon issued an announcement in a timely manner, saying that it will decide whether to run a normal race on November 7 according to the situation of all parties about a week before the race, and it is recommended that the successful runners should not go to the area where the epidemic is located, and do not book hotels and air tickets before the official announcement of the news, which greatly reduces the losses that runners may bring due to the cancellation of hotel tickets, and praises the transparency and humanity of Hangma!
Therefore, for cities that have not experienced the epidemic, the possibility of holding a race is still there, which depends on the control of the epidemic, and those races that are held in mid-to-late November, such as the Nanjing Marathon and the Shanghai Marathon, have a relatively more generous time for research and judgment, and these events are not in a hurry to release news at present to avoid misleading runners.
So in summary, the partial postponement of the race in the second half of the year has become a fait accompli, but the possibility of complete reimbursement in the second half of the race season is unlikely, time can cure everything, runners should not be too pessimistic, and some races in November and December are believed to be staged as scheduled.
In fact, as the country with the strictest global epidemic prevention and control, the best effect and the most normal socio-economic operation, China has always pursued a strategy of facing the epidemic and using the state of emergency to resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic.
Until now, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council has also required the area where the epidemic has occurred to quickly enter the emergency state, and the emergency state needs to pay a certain price, such as the cancellation of activities, the stagnation of production and life caused by the relative lockdown in the epidemic area, the high cost of nucleic acid testing for all employees in the epidemic area, etc., but in the long run, this is still a relatively small economic cost to ensure the normal operation of the economy and society.
Compared with the normal operation of the economy and society, this cost is worth bearing, because if the entire social and economic activities are stagnant or chaotic because of the epidemic, then it will pay a greater price, and our country has a large population and limited medical resources, once the epidemic spreads and runs on medical treatment, it will be an unimaginable disaster, which we have a case.
Therefore, Our strategy is, in short, to avoid greater losses with smaller losses, the lesser of two evils.
Many countries in the West have not taken resolute prevention and control measures in the face of the epidemic like China, although the cost of epidemic prevention and control at the beginning is small, but with the development of the epidemic, resulting in the entire economic and social activities being repeatedly tossed by the epidemic, the whole society will pay a huge cost.
Imagine the extreme situation, even if the marathon participant has a nucleic acid negative result, there is no 100% guarantee that there is no infection, in case there is an infected person in the participant, then all the participants may become close contact and be isolated, the city where the race is held may also become a high-risk area, and the travel of the people in the city will be affected;
If a large number of foreign participants return to their respective cities after the race, then the airports, stations, and cities they visit will also be upgraded, and the cost will be unimaginable, which is why the government is cautious about marathons.
Some people say that marathons can also produce GDP, and sports tourism also contributes to cities, which is also true, but the current contribution of the sports industry may still be relatively weak for the whole society, compared to the industrial system, but once the marathon accident occurs, it is an incalculable loss.
Holding a small amount of revenue, the cost of the problem is unimaginable, what kind of attitude do you say the government has towards the marathon?
What's more, we can still run, parks are still open, people promote health through exercise, reduce medical expenditure, and improve production efficiency itself can also make a positive contribution to society, and the marathon is nothing more than icing on the cake.
Many people joke that the main needs of runners have changed from seeking PB, seeking to win the lottery to seeking the race not to cancel, the situation is really so, but compared to the first half of 2020, the race was completely interrupted, and even runners could not go out to run, now it is much better, at least there are still some races to participate in, running can be carried out normally.
Of course, with the control of the epidemic, the continuous improvement of the vaccination rate and the popularization of the third shot, our epidemic prevention policy may be gradually adjusted in the future, and everything will have a gradual reform process.
Without races, the social economy can still operate normally, and the consequences of marathon competitions once there is a problem and its strong aggregation effect are unimaginable.
Safety must be as far as maximum redundancy, horse racing is not standard, and individuals maintaining a healthy lifestyle and exercising according to local conditions are the standard.
The race may be late, but it will never be absent!
PB may come a little later, but it will be achieved! No race doesn't affect staying active, doesn't affect you to be a healthy and happy runner!
Runners, please be a little more patient and more tolerant!
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