The summer Olympics are in Tokyo in late July. Coronavirus continues to enter new countries and cities. The International Olympic Comittee has already publicly stated that they may have to postpone the Olympics. How will the Olympics go on with thousands of people flying in from all over the world, including China?
Japan is not even actively seeking those who might have the virus...
It’s more about the fact that thousands will be flying in to a small area for a few weeks from all over the world
It’s an extremely boring event. Glad it’s being cancelled. These are lame sports.
Would it be broadcasted live on FoxNews?
Unrelated, initially when the Diamond Princess drama came out in JP, flights were $35 round-trip for a week or so (KR to JP). Friend went to JP twice in a week for under $100 total, round-trip. During the Olympics, if not bought already, they'll peak around $700.
BTW, Where is the elephant?
Haha elephant must be a new olympic event
Elephant polo is a royal sport
Japanese government said it’s not something they will consider delaying, and if this isn’t resolved in 2 months they’re cancelling it.
Would be crazy to have the Olympics cancelled. Surely they would postpone it to summer 2021 if Tokyo cancelled
They really should hold the Olympics in October as they did in 1964. Tokyo is murderously hot in July and August. A cynical theory for why they picked the height of summer is that Japan's ultra-right-wing politicians really, really wanted the eyes of the world to be on Japan on August 6 and 9, the 75th anniversaries of the atomic bombings, so they could wallow in victimism which they love to do.
Never underestimate the Japanese government's ability to put established interests, "face", money, and basically everything else ahead of the health of their constituents. They see the people they represent as serfs to be exploited.
It’s not only about Japan, it’s about catalyzing a worldwide crisis. If you could reverse engineer a Coronavirus outbreak what would you do? The Olympics would be an A+ effort
The elephant will get ignored. Olympics will go on "after taking all precautions"! The IOC needs more money.