Curling and drapes.
A few comments on "loosening restrictions on indoor sports". In a sprawling curling hall with 4 lanes, there are more than 200 cubic metres of space and 31 square metres of area per player. And that's with a full occupancy of 32 people. These are parameters that are sufficient to classify the local curling hall in Karlstad, Sweden, as an outdoor sports venue. As a result, Swedish players can train freely and their sports facility is not subject to any restrictions, except those that are recommended. Other circumstances also speak in favour of a greater degree of relaxation in the practice of curling. Curling is not a contact sport, and teams even have it in their rules that they must leave their opponents enough space and not restrict them in their play. In the sport of throwing, there is a maximum expenditure of energy at a distance of 35 metres and there is necessarily a maximum pulmonary ventilation associated with it. In the case of the use of masks, there is a high risk of carbon dioxide overload, fainting and loss of consciousness. In addition, the curling team is a team of four and therefore a small collective of very close people. It is interesting and somewhat paradoxical that special consideration is given to 'professional athletes', probably because they are seen as entrepreneurs or self-employed. However, there are sports that are socially important, even Olympic, but not professional. Czech curling representatives (women's, men's and mixed doubles categories) train practically at the level of professionals from other sports, but because curling specifically is not a preferred sport in the Czech Republic and there is not enough funding for players, restrictive circumstances make it almost impossible for curlers to train properly at this time. For example, the combination of goggles and drape (80% of the players in the women's national team wear goggles) clearly tends to endanger the athlete and dramatically increase the risk of injury. This is not only due to the lack of oxygen supply, but also due to fogging of the glasses, loss of orientation in space, loss of stability on the ice surface and an increase in the likelihood of falling. It's about health from every possible angle, and health and immune boosting should be the primary concern. A recommendation to wear a drape rather than strictly requiring it may be a bit of a charlatan solution. While it is not very popular to provide exceptions in the form of relaxation of the measure for a select group of citizens, it would be the right decision in the case of curling.