Excuse me, are you a scientist, virologist or doctor to know what is appropriate or not?a gala is not appropriate for a lot of reasons.. 1) health... of course, let's not create more risks already.... 2) it just seems odd to have a skating celebration, as if nothing is happening, one that could compromise the health of skaters on top of that, when Stockholm is no longer accepting covid patients as their hospitals are full??? By respect to all the people who got sick, or worse died, ISU could have made a statement and led by example saying that this year's gala would be canceled or at least, found a way to make it super safe... but no... let's throw our usual party.... shortsighted is a polite word here.