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Doubts are already being expressed about 2021 Olympics happening in Tokyo b/c of Covid
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:44 pm
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Enthusiasm for the Games has plummeted in Japan since Covid-19 arrived here in January. The Japanese government has closed Japan's borders to most foreigners to protect the country from imported cases, and many Japanese people are in no hurry to see them re-open for athletes or spectators.
TV reporters have been visiting the towns due to host various foreign teams and asking locals how they feel. The residents of a town north of Tokyo due to host the Brazilian team were clearly struggling to maintain any semblance of enthusiasm. An opinion poll by the Kyodo news agency found just 23% of people in Japan now support holding the games if Covid-19 infections are still widespread next year.
The latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) do not make for happy viewing. More than 15 million infections worldwide, and that number is growing by about a million every four to five days.
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At Kobe University Hospital in western Japan, Prof Kentaro Iwata says the only hope for the Olympics is a vaccine.
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Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:53 pm to GetCocky11
Might as well get rid of the Olympics now, once the Dim's get their one world government there won't be a need for Olympics anyway
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:54 pm to GetCocky11
Good just cancel every fricking thing
Posted on 7/24/20 at 7:00 pm to GetCocky11
2022 winter Olympics will be canceled also if 2020 game canceled.
Kind of sucks! Love to watch those sports that never heard about without Olympics.
Kind of sucks! Love to watch those sports that never heard about without Olympics.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 7:48 pm to GetCocky11
Problem is we’ve switched from “flatten the curve” to “use covid as political tool until it’s completely eradicated from the planet.”
I have a bad feeling we’ll be dealing with covid for years.
I have a bad feeling we’ll be dealing with covid for years.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 9:08 pm to Hurricane Mike
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Might as well get rid of the Olympics now, once the Dim's get their one world government there won't be a need for Olympics anyway
One team, no heartbeat.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 9:11 pm to StringedInstruments
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I have a bad feeling we’ll be dealing with covid for years.
Well, we (the US) won’t. We’ll have herd immunity soon enough.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 10:02 pm to GoldenGuy
Covid will vanish with a quickness if Trump loses in November
Posted on 7/25/20 at 6:37 am to GetCocky11
That’s gonna put a lot of robots out of work.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 7:36 am to GetCocky11
Olympics should be held in 4-5 cities on a rotational basis that already have the infrastructure to support it. So many of those places go broke after it's over.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 8:52 am to StringedInstruments
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I have a bad feeling we’ll be dealing with covid for years.
By the time this one is done there will be another. There is always another.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 8:54 am to kywildcatfanone
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Olympics should be held in 4-5 cities on a rotational basis that already have the infrastructure to support it. So many of those places go broke after it's over.
Well, the next 2 are Tokyo and Paris. I don't really have a problem with developed, high-end cities hosting.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:02 pm to GetCocky11
Damn. Think of all the historical moments we missed out on even by pushing it back a year. I’m sure there are several athletes that are now “too old” or will be pushed out
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:21 pm to GetCocky11
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At Kobe University Hospital in western Japan, Prof Kentaro Iwata says the only hope for the Olympics is a vaccine.
I don't understand the vaccine thing, will we all be required to get vaccinated?
I've never had the flu nor been vaccinated. Don't plan on receiving a COVID19 vaccine.
Posted on 7/26/20 at 3:30 am to GetCocky11
Olympics and FIFA World Cup should be every 3 years at this point in society.
Whenever they have the next ones, they should run it back 3 years later.
Whenever they have the next ones, they should run it back 3 years later.
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