Comments in /running are blaming humidity. Without knowing what the hospitalized people are dealing with, dehydration or heat exhaustion (sweat needs to evaporate/"dry" to cool off the body) are still possibilities.
Considering other places with high vex rates aren't reporting the same problem (yet), I'm hesitant to blame the vex here except for the heart attack.
There is a lot of summer left.
People running a marathon train for it, dehydration on its on should not be a factor and I have very much doubts of heat exhaustion. If you run on a regular bases you know what to expect.
I also have this gut feeling that those who do lots of cardio like runners or soccer players are more at risk from the vaccine then the rest of us.
I don't think that people who do cardio are inherently more at risk. There's a lot of people with latent issues who never get it revealed until they do running.
You will also only see people die in public events like this, because the person who dies from vax complications the first time they take the stairs instead of the elevator just gets rolled into the mysteriously rising death rate.
One note of correction first: this was a half marathon. The tweet seemed to miss that detail. Doesn't detract from your point necessarily.
Yes, preparations for equipment/clothing is expected, but I think there may be an issue of acclimation--like their bodies weren't ready to adjust for a big shift in humidity.
I have the same inclination about high endurance athletes being more vulnerable to the vex effects. My conflict there is that it didn't seem to impact olympic athletes in the recent summer and winter games. So far, I've mostly heard tennis and soccer players getting most affected. Maybe it has more to do with high endurance with added brief high intensity play.
Does humidity really matter in the low 70s? Most heat index charts don't even go that low because as the temperature drops the perceived difference drops rapidly. At 100 percent humidity 80 feels like 88 but 90 feels like 132. This makes sense because as the temperature rises you become more dependent on evaporative cooling.
I think it's a matter of body temperature, which obviously is affected by outdoor temperature too. In theory, your internal temperature can still run hot, make you sweat, and then still have trouble releasing the warm sweat if it's too humid.
I'm thinking of my time in skiing, and I recalled seeing steam coming off of my friend on a cold morning. My thinking is that if it was also really humid outside, he might not dry off as quickly.
4 were listed as in critical condition and I'd think if it were dehydration or heat you'd be unable to continue running long before you'd put yourself in critical condition.
It's hard to say. People can and do die while running. It can be a bit of a shock to the system if your body isn't prepared for the conditions or stress. I searched for another example and found a 2013 half marathon in Tel Aviv (obviously much hotter) with a similar number of casualties. https://archive.ph/hqgTN
An Israeli soldier died of heat stroke while running the Tel Aviv [half] marathon on Friday while four were hospitalized in critical condition.
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Fifty runners were treated in a tent set up on the course, Haaretz wrote, mostly for heatstroke and dehydration, and of the 32 taken to the hospital some were unconscious and on respirators.
Comments in /running are blaming humidity. Without knowing what the hospitalized people are dealing with, dehydration or heat exhaustion (sweat needs to evaporate/"dry" to cool off the body) are still possibilities.
Considering other places with high vex rates aren't reporting the same problem (yet), I'm hesitant to blame the vex here except for the heart attack.
There is a lot of summer left.
People running a marathon train for it, dehydration on its on should not be a factor and I have very much doubts of heat exhaustion. If you run on a regular bases you know what to expect.
I also have this gut feeling that those who do lots of cardio like runners or soccer players are more at risk from the vaccine then the rest of us.
I don't think that people who do cardio are inherently more at risk. There's a lot of people with latent issues who never get it revealed until they do running.
You will also only see people die in public events like this, because the person who dies from vax complications the first time they take the stairs instead of the elevator just gets rolled into the mysteriously rising death rate.
One note of correction first: this was a half marathon. The tweet seemed to miss that detail. Doesn't detract from your point necessarily.
Yes, preparations for equipment/clothing is expected, but I think there may be an issue of acclimation--like their bodies weren't ready to adjust for a big shift in humidity. I have the same inclination about high endurance athletes being more vulnerable to the vex effects. My conflict there is that it didn't seem to impact olympic athletes in the recent summer and winter games. So far, I've mostly heard tennis and soccer players getting most affected. Maybe it has more to do with high endurance with added brief high intensity play.
Does humidity really matter in the low 70s? Most heat index charts don't even go that low because as the temperature drops the perceived difference drops rapidly. At 100 percent humidity 80 feels like 88 but 90 feels like 132. This makes sense because as the temperature rises you become more dependent on evaporative cooling.
I think it's a matter of body temperature, which obviously is affected by outdoor temperature too. In theory, your internal temperature can still run hot, make you sweat, and then still have trouble releasing the warm sweat if it's too humid.
I'm thinking of my time in skiing, and I recalled seeing steam coming off of my friend on a cold morning. My thinking is that if it was also really humid outside, he might not dry off as quickly.
4 were listed as in critical condition and I'd think if it were dehydration or heat you'd be unable to continue running long before you'd put yourself in critical condition.
It's hard to say. People can and do die while running. It can be a bit of a shock to the system if your body isn't prepared for the conditions or stress. I searched for another example and found a 2013 half marathon in Tel Aviv (obviously much hotter) with a similar number of casualties.
https://archive.ph/hqgTN