The virus is here to stay, shutting down the Gym isn’t going to save lives. It’s time to learn to LIVE WITH IT and stop shutting down everything because you are afraid of a flu virus with a 99% survival rate.

 

Somehow shutting down gyms, yet optional construction work that is certainly non essential gets to keep on going. Not even my condo building has their fitness center open despite the fact that their is zero cases within a good 30km from here, but somehow crowded shopping malls, MASSAGE PARLORS, and Parks get to stay open. Pure incompetence. 

8 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

The virus is here to stay, shutting down the Gym isn’t going to save lives. It’s time to learn to LIVE WITH IT and stop shutting down everything because you are afraid of a flu virus with a 99% survival rate.

 

Somehow shutting down gyms, yet optional construction work that is certainly non essential gets to keep on going. Not even my condo building has their fitness center open despite the fact that their is zero cases within a good 30km from here, but somehow crowded shopping malls, MASSAGE PARLORS, and Parks get to stay open. Pure incompetence. 

Thing I can't understand is how you can go to Tesco and buy food but not clothes. 

Even more stranger is that you can order food that someone else has touched and you obviously don't know their state of health. 

 

21 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

It’s time to learn to LIVE WITH IT

The problem is some people cant live with it. They die.

 

 

21 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

the fact that their is zero cases within a good 30km from here,

Zero cases.
 

Sounds like the measures put in place are working effectively.

YES !!
Incompetent hypocrisy the world over !!

or maybe it’s just you ? 

14 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

and stop shutting down everything because you are afraid of a flu virus with a 99% survival rate.

supposedly 140,000,000  people are born every year

supposedly about 55 million people die every year.

Even allowing for a 20 million not accounted for, that means even if covid killed say 2 million, we still grew the population by about 60,000,00+ last year

The human race is not going to end due to covid.

Mask up, wash hands, protect the at risk and get on with life - the destruction of the economy worldwide is worse than the disease now.

 

 

12 minutes ago, Sametboy2019 said:

Thing I can't understand is how you can go to Tesco and buy food but not clothes. 

I'll try to help you there: shopping for clothes can be postponed by a couple of months, shopping for food can't. If you still don't get it you can PM me @Anutin.

 

25 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

Somehow shutting down gyms, yet optional construction work that is certainly non essential gets to keep on going.

I agree, all these construction workers should get jobs working in Gyms that are much more essential than housing.

16 minutes ago, Sametboy2019 said:

Thing I can't understand is how you can go to Tesco and buy food but not clothes.

clothing could be tasty and nutritious too. 

3 minutes ago, sirineou said:

I agree, all these construction workers should get jobs working in Gyms that are much more essential than housing.

clothing could be tasty and nutritious too. 

For  shure! Essence of  fish, chicken flavor , steroid impregnated  underwear!   Priorities plus!

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21 minutes ago, Sametboy2019 said:

Thing I can't understand is how you can go to Tesco and buy food but not clothes. 

Even more stranger is that you can order food that someone else has touched and you obviously don't know their state of health. 

 

When people shop for food, they generally pick what they want off the self and put it in their basket, so there's little chance of transmitting the virus by touch.

 

When folks are shopping for cloths, they browse. They pick things up, look at the labels and try things on. And put the things back that they don't want. Therefor there is a much greater risk of transmitting the virus by touch. So sorry, clothes' shopping will have to wait.

 

Got it now?

23 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

When people shop for food, they generally pick what they want off the self and put it in their basket, so there's little chance of transmitting the virus by touch.

 

When folks are shopping for cloths, they browse. They pick things up, look at the labels and try things on. And put the things back that they don't want. Therefor there is a much greater risk of transmitting the virus by touch. So sorry, clothes' shopping will have to wait.

 

Got it now?

Plus if you go without food for about twenty days you die, where I can go for over two months without a snazzy new  outfit. ????

You can't exercise without a gym?

46 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

The virus is here to stay, shutting down the Gym isn’t going to save lives. It’s time to learn to LIVE WITH IT and stop shutting down everything because you are afraid of a flu virus with a 99% survival rate.

 

Somehow shutting down gyms, yet optional construction work that is certainly non essential gets to keep on going. Not even my condo building has their fitness center open despite the fact that their is zero cases within a good 30km from here, but somehow crowded shopping malls, MASSAGE PARLORS, and Parks get to stay open. Pure incompetence. 

 

It is about trying to strike a balance and to try and keep essential services going. In your gym,  are you sure air ventilation is good, that people are cleaning off the equipment when finished,  and that infected person is not using the gym?  

 

The recommendation is to go out when only absolutely necessary and to avoid social contact. Because many people are selfish and think only of themselves you see crowded shopping plaza and reason that one set of stupidity justifies another set of stupidity. Of course a park should stay open because it allows for social distancing and is in the open. Massage parlor if open is because maybe the workers have no other income and service provided is important, essential for some. I don't know, but you can always find excuse to complain on why one thing open and another not closed. How about you just do your best to cope? If people were not so selfish and had socially distanced and done the bare minimum months ago we would not be where we are now.

 

35 minutes ago, Sametboy2019 said:

Thing I can't understand is how you can go to Tesco and buy food but not clothes. 

Even more stranger is that you can order food that someone else has touched and you obviously don't know their state of health. 

 

 

The intent is to reduce the time spent in the store. Get the essentials and get out. Ideally food to take out would not be allowed but some people cannot cook or need assistance. In other cases it is to make allowance for people to survive. Everytime the authorities try to accommodate people there are always complainers who want to make it all or none event. How about trying to live with this for a few months longer instead of complaining, yes?

I need my gym to survive.

29 minutes ago, Natai Beach said:

The problem is some people cant live with it. They die.

 

 

Zero cases.
 

Sounds like the measures put in place are working effectively.

Well people die for many reasons. For example why don't we ban cigarettes or vehicles? The smoke causes lung cancer. People die of it. Even not smokers. 

 

Also, being this a "global pandemic" I expect at least 10% more deaths everywhere in the world compared to the previous years. Do you have the numbers?

I've been to the gyms.  I've seen the guys get off a piece of equipment leaving a pool of sweat behind for the next person to sit in. 

 

Closing them isn't a bad idea in a time when that sweat may be contagious.

 

47 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

The virus is here to stay, shutting down the Gym isn’t going to save lives. It’s time to learn to LIVE WITH IT and stop shutting down everything because you are afraid of a flu virus with a 99% survival rate.

 

Say that to us again when you hit 65 - and your chances of dying increase dramatically, multiplied by 90 - 220 x higher when you hit 75.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/older-adults.html

 

Fair point about massage parlors though - they should probably be shut down too.

 

For centuries / milennia people have exercised without gyms. Do you really need to pump iron with lot's of other people present? Or is it an ego thing?

5 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

I need my gym to survive.

 

I need my gym open to not go into guilt-withdrawal  because i was too lazy to work-out  !

 

~o;37;

7 minutes ago, Sundown said:

Well people die for many reasons. For example why don't we ban cigarettes or vehicles? The smoke causes lung cancer. People die of it. Even not smokers. 

 

Also, being this a "global pandemic" I expect at least 10% more deaths everywhere in the world compared to the previous years. Do you have the numbers?

 

You're comparing choosing to smoke or drive, to catching a (potentially) deadly virus. One set is a choice, the other isn't. Simple really.

4 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

I need my gym to survive.

When the pandemic hit here in the US ., we bought a nautilus  machine and some free weights and set up  a gym room in our house.

The most exercise I got out of it was dragging the damn things into the room. exercise equipment are heavy, and don't get me started on the free weights. there must be a gravitational anomaly by our house because the damn things seem to be stuck to the ground . 

They do look impressive though. I look at them all the time.  

3 minutes ago, 2530Ubon said:

 

You're comparing choosing to smoke or drive, to catching a (potentially) deadly virus. One set is a choice, the other isn't. Simple really.

No it's not. Many people die from pulmonary diseases caused by smog and passive smoke. So? 

Just now, 2530Ubon said:

 

Say that to us again when you hit 65 - and your chances of dying increase dramatically, multiplied by 90 - 220 x higher when you hit 75.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/older-adults.html

 

Fair point about massage parlors though - they should probably be shut down too.

 

For centuries / milennia people have exercised without gyms. Do you really need to pump iron with lot's of other people present? Or is it an ego thing?

Image !  Massage  is  way too p2p!  "Gyms" are  like  the majority of  buyers  of high performance   expensive  vehicles. No real ability  to make best use  but  looks impressive !  lol

2 minutes ago, sirineou said:

When the pandemic hit here in the US ., we bought a nautilus  machine and some free weights and set up  a gym room in our house.

The most exercise I got out of it was dragging the damn things into the room. exercise equipment are heavy, and don't get me started on the free weights. there must be a gravitational anomaly by our house because the damn things seem to be stuck to the ground . 

They do look impressive though. I look at them all the time.  

YES! 

7 minutes ago, Sundown said:

No it's not. Many people die from pulmonary diseases caused by smog and passive smoke. So? 

Hence why smoking is banned in virtually all public enclosed places.

Smog is another one that is being cracked down on - hence the drive for renewable energy and massive fines for companies that are polluting. Smog isn't a personal CHOICE either. Try again.

The last true pandemic, the Spanish Flu, killed the equivalent of about 200 million people worldwide. Covid so far is at about 2 million, or barely 1% of that number.  

 

The bubonic plague killed half of Europe.

 

I'll worry about Covid when it comes even remotely near these numbers. Particularly when the vast majority of Covid victims were already elderly and/or in care facilities. Canada, for example, sees 70% of Covid deaths in care homes.  So if you are a regular person, there is really little to worry about. Take a modicum of care and get on with life.

1 minute ago, Hanaguma said:

I'll worry about Covid when it comes even remotely near these numbers. Particularly when the vast majority of Covid victims were already elderly and/or in care facilities. Canada, for example, sees 70% of Covid deaths in care homes.  So if you are a regular person, there is really little to worry about. Take a modicum of care and get on with life.

 

Well the more it spreads and mutates - becoming more infectious and better at killing - the quicker that day will come. Some people only think about today.

1 hour ago, Sametboy2019 said:

Thing I can't understand is how you can go to Tesco and buy food but not clothes. 

Even more stranger is that you can order food that someone else has touched and you obviously don't know their state of health. 

 

Interpretation of "essential" shopping and services as outlined in WHO suggestions.

Marijuana dispensaries were always open in US.

 

58 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

You can't exercise without a gym?

Perhaps it's a fashionable image thing....reflective of everything else in their existence. 

All about themselves. 

Commonplace among particular cultures. ????

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

I agree, all these construction workers should get jobs working in Gyms that are much more essential than housing.

clothing could be tasty and nutritious too. 

Yes edible knickers 

1 minute ago, sirineou said:

Holly cr#p I better go hide my women and cattle .

 

More importantly, stock up on tinfoil before there's a run on the markets 

'Disgusted by incompetent hypocrisy'- I bet I know where the Op is from. Not being able to ponce about flexing in front of a mirror is hardly such a statement. It's a GYM fer farksake.

 

Adapt, improvise, overcome. Pushups crunches, squats etc in the residence, Get a chin up bar. All that grunting and other noises that seem to be considered by some Gym Queens, along with the thudding music will become irrelevant. Even in full lockdown I maintained a good level of fitness.

 

If you need to look at yourself do it in front of the bedroom or bathroom mirror. Steps- try not using the elevator, take the stairs instead.

 

Plenty of people can exercise without the use of a gym- they just can't be seen to be seen. Have a look at this- its what Royal Marines tend to do on ships and it seems to work for them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force_Exercise_Plans