07-21-2021, 08:53 AM
Heard this morning on a non-sports news channel that there is at least discussion about whether to continue with the Tokyo games or just cancel and send everyone home.
Don't have attribution and haven't seen it anywhere else yet.
Makes some sense.
Consensus is that this will be a multi-billion dollar economic hit, especially since non-participants are now banned from the venues.
Japan is behind the curve on vaccinations.
As of this morning there have been ~79 cases related to the Olympics with over half appearing in the local Japanese population.
Olympic village accommodations are shared rooms (with cardboard bedframes...wtf?) with no plans to police isolation and interaction (which would kind of defeat the whole idea of the games, imo).
Almost 80% of Japanese population thinks the games should be cancelled.
Sponsors have started pulling out of events like opening ceremonies due to the ban on attendance.
Toyota, a major sponsor, is not even going to run Olympic-themed ads due to Covid status.
It would be disappointing and I was prepared to lose some sleep to see Luka play, but I'd hate to think he gets ill from some rando around the games. Stay tuned, I guess.
Don't have attribution and haven't seen it anywhere else yet.
Makes some sense.
Consensus is that this will be a multi-billion dollar economic hit, especially since non-participants are now banned from the venues.
Japan is behind the curve on vaccinations.
As of this morning there have been ~79 cases related to the Olympics with over half appearing in the local Japanese population.
Olympic village accommodations are shared rooms (with cardboard bedframes...wtf?) with no plans to police isolation and interaction (which would kind of defeat the whole idea of the games, imo).
Almost 80% of Japanese population thinks the games should be cancelled.
Sponsors have started pulling out of events like opening ceremonies due to the ban on attendance.
Toyota, a major sponsor, is not even going to run Olympic-themed ads due to Covid status.
It would be disappointing and I was prepared to lose some sleep to see Luka play, but I'd hate to think he gets ill from some rando around the games. Stay tuned, I guess.