‘What’s the point?’: Gyms and dance studios weigh future in COVID-19 era

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Melbourne gym and dance studio owners say more than a year of rolling lockdowns has caused uncertainty and hurt demand, as well as their mental health. covid19 lockdowns

Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has defended extended closure of gyms, saying they were high-risk settings, despite counterclaims from industry lobby groups Fitness Australia and VicActive.

“Opening back up and restarting again and then shutting down and restarting again ... It’s getting new members in, they always think ... ‘What’s the point in joining a gym right now?’ ”Amanda Miller, from Brunswick pole and burlesque studio Bottoms Up Dance, said the fourth lockdown was particularly hard on her and her co-director’s mental health.

She is resigned to enduring more lockdowns because of Australia’s delayed vaccine program and lack of dedicated quarantine facilities.Ms Miller hoped Victorian authorities would work harder to consult the industry on more nuanced rules that recognised different exercises and studios carried different risks. If not, bigger support packages were needed, she said.

 

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Gym and dance studios are hurt by the restrictions but brothels haven’t. Science? 1.5m? Mask? Mmm

Well, it’s not all about them.

Its happening in other industries. Outsourcing,work visa,business visa,state sponsored visa, migration,talent visa, GTI, etc. Almost impossible to get jobs and particularly in Melbourne its worst. No defence, APS, state, councils jobs too..only train and roads jobs in Melbourne.

Pandemics are bad

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