[Ray Tango]

The surge in cases in Spain happened after the protests for International women’s day on the 8th March and a champions league match the same day with an Italian side( I think) eñThere
Were 3000 cases in Madrid in the 7th which went upto
4500 the next day(of known cases)the big problem started when Madrid and Cataluña went into
Lockdown and they all started to leave central Spain
To go to their holiday homes near the coast therefore
spreading the virus.C********m races should never have happened and health should have been more
Important than money,the Uk should have used
Italy and Spain as an example of what could happen
But didn’t...My parents were in Benidorm and flew back
On Monday the 17th with they should never have been able to even fly out but as someone else said “ money talks”

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PS - I like how the word C********m is automatically banned from here with the *!

The match was Atalanta v Valencia which was played in Milan and Atalanta are from Bergamo in the North the worst affected region by a long shot. 
As I said myself and Corporate were working in C********m that week and it was just a disaster waiting to happen..

And the Valencia fans were able to travel I believe,ridiculous decision.

2,500 of them

[GME]

Unfortunately i know a number of people that went to the races and number of these have gone down with Coronavirus. They should have cancelled the whole event

[Lee]

Kurtan off This Country went down with it and attended the racing.

Agree that it probably should have been cancelled, behind closed doors would have seen people flocking to pubs anyway.

Can't undo mistakes of the past though, it's about doing our bit now

[Darran]

Kurtan off This Country went down with it and attended the racing.

Agree that it probably should have been cancelled, behind closed doors would have seen people flocking to pubs anyway.

Can't undo mistakes of the past though, it's about doing our bit now

Depends when you call it off. What you would have wanted to avoid is people travelling from outside of the county to the track. I honestly thought it was going to get called off around the end of February beginning of March because I held off waiting to do a load of work for work on it as didn't want to waste my time. If they had said behind closed doors at that point then I don't think you would have people travelling to C********m. Yes people would have gone to pubs, but it would have stopped people coming to the area with it. As it turned out racing didn't go behind closed doors until the Tuesday after the Festival and then it only lasted on day.

I think in hindsight quite a few things should have been called off before they were, but I think the Government were to blame for that.

[Joe]

Keep up the good work Joe.

So, as a boffin with inside knowledge, I have just one question for you to answer. Is this the end of civilisation as we know it?

No mate, if you look at the Italian and Chinese curves, we'll start dropping down in the next 2 to 3 weeks. Could be a busy time up til then mind you...

[SHANDY LOVE MACHINE]

Neil - was your post deleted because of sexual innuendo, in Joe's post