Less than 3% of those under 29 years of age who have tested positive for coronavirus in Spain have ended up hospitalized, many fewer have reached the ICU and, in that age group, deaths are really rare.

A young man without respiratory problems and in good physical shape will most likely pass the infection without symptoms or with mild symptoms, but the organizers of large sports competitions do not respond to the reality of these data.

Their interests go further.

FIFA or the IOC have already promoted the purchase of vaccines to protect their events and other organizations have gone even faster: the Formula 1 and MotoGP World Cups.

In the case of MotoGP, for example, the Government of Qatar offered vaccines to the entire paddock and the entire paddock agreed.

According to the company responsible for the championship, Dorna, the emirate gave doses of the Pfizer vaccine to the pilots, mechanics, team workers and organizers and, who wanted, received the first dose this Friday.

Given that 21 days are needed between the first and second doses, the gap between the preseason tests that are being held at the Losail circuit and the first two races of the World Championship, which will take place on March 28 and April 4.

According to championship sources, no one has refused the puncture and, what's more, some drivers, such as

Maverick Viñales

, who lived in Qatar for a season, published the images of their new vaccination 'card' on their social networks.

The case of Formula 1 is somewhat different.

Like Qatar, the Government of Bahrain offered Pfizer vaccines for everyone to the contest, but the organization refused to accept them.

"The priority must be for the most vulnerable people. We do not want to skip the turn or have any priority in that sense," commented the CEO of the organizing company,

Stefano Domenicali

, although at the same time he offered freedom to the teams to do what they

wanted.

they would like.

And most teams, like all MotoGP staff, accepted the gift.

Carlos Sainz

or

Checo Pérez

acknowledged that they had put it on.

"They offered it to us and I made the decision to accept it," explained the Mexican, who argued his decision because he does not know when he could get it in his country.

"It was very kind of Bahrain to offer it to us," Perez admitted.

"The same as Checo, I have also worn it," added Sainz.

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