COVID-19 Vs Bike racing
I think we can all agree that COVID-19 did a bit of a number on us in 2020. People were losing their jobs, their businesses and their lives, left, right and centre, so it was no surprise that sport, in general, took a bit of a hit. It was a total Jeremy Hunt that almost all the racing had to be either postponed or cancelled altogether. But at least we got some racing in during the late summer C19 lull. All the big championships were at least able to finish their seasons off? in a fashion. But by the time the 2021 season kicks off we?ll all be vaccinated, COVID-19 will be a thing of the past and normal service will be resumed, right" Well I don?t think it?ll be as simple as that, and I?ll tell you why?
First things first, we?re not all about to get a vaccination any time soon. Despite ?The Chinese Flu? (to quote former leader of the free world, Donald J Trump) doing its level best to wipe us all out, there are still 7.8 billion people (give or take ten million or so) living on planet earth. Vaccinating that number alone is a big enough challenge for the World Health Organisation. And don’t forget that a great many of that 7.8 billion can scarcely put food in their mouths. So I think turning up with a truck load of COVID-19 vaccine, rather than meat and potato pies, would be taking the piss a little bit, don?t you"
And anyway, before we even made it to 2021, we?d already heard the news that the Isle of Man TT wouldn?t be going ahead again (that?ll be...
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