Originally Posted by
jacobncfc
Yes, the bit where they were all in the open air would pose very little risk at all.
The issue with football matches and other events are the other bits that come with it - travel to and from the venue, pubs etc beforehand (albeit obviously not open currently anyway), and concourses/toilets.
Happy to proven wrong, but as far as I’m aware there hasn’t been a single example of an open air event, whether a protest, busy park, crowded beach or whatever, that has been linked to a Covid outbreak anywhere in the world.
I am miles away from being a Covid sceptic or any of that nonsense, but people also need to be able to do some things for their own sake, and gathering outdoors is as safe as it gets right now. That we’re still having arguments over busy parks and crowded beaches should be a failure of government communication, although it probably acts as a useful distraction from other failings.