Vaccination passport, favorable gyms and swimming pools: “So we could reopen”

“I continually receive phone calls from people who would like to have access to the sports facilities and despite knowing how important and useful it would be, especially for some, I am forced to say no”, Averni explains to the newspaper.

“There must be vaccines. According to the estimates of the technicians, perhaps by July we will have a high percentage of vaccinated. I am afraid, however, that at that point many swimming pools will have gone bankrupt. Sport is not only that of great champions, it is an element essential for the psychophysical well-being of people and it seems to me that this has been forgotten by politics “.

“Sport strengthens the immune system and is also important on a psychological level. In addition, the various structures have worked to secure the premises. There are children between 5 and 7 years old, for example in artistic gymnastics, who were doing preparatory activities competition. If we do not allow them to do it for a year or two, we will see the results in a couple of Olympics. In other countries, the preparation has continued, “says Bisciaio.

“As a citizen I admit that the vaccination passport seems to me a stretch because it touches privacy but it is welcome if it is needed to restart the activities, which by now, in many cases, are in economic and psychological collapse. We have been closed for a year and, with Ristori Decree, we received 4000 euros and then another two thousand. An insufficient sum to cover the expenses. There are those who do not care and go on without paying. And there are those who, failing to keep the commitments made, come to extreme gestures “, he says Laura Filipponi, Lungotevere Fitness manager.

“Yes to the vaccination passport and to the tools to reopen safely. Since the gyms were closed, we have had to suspend the teaching of self-defense techniques, but the violence has not stopped, indeed, the isolation at home has worsened many situations “, he concludes Deborah Carravieri, Women’s Defense Instructor at Bono Academy-Sesto San Giovanni.

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