Will the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games be cancelled?

[Illya 590]

9 minutes ago, rybak said:

I just want go to sleep tonight and wake up on 24th July at first day of competition at Olympics and when such articles and this whole media hysteria will be over.

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[Quaker2001 339]

14 minutes ago, rybak said:

I just want go to sleep tonight and wake up on 24th July at first day of competition at Olympics and when such articles and this whole media hysteria will be over.

Exactly.  Can we just jump straight ahead to when the Games begin so we can actually talk about the Olympics and not all of the BS that 5 minutes after the Olympics end we're going to pretend was never a big deal?  I really want to start bookmarking some of these articles and social media posts that are so sure that the Olympics will be a massive super-spreader event.  Speaking as an American, how many thought there was no way we could play a baseball season or a football season or a college basketball season during a pandemic.  It happened, so at this point, all of this ongoing fear porn is getting a little excessive.

[macozar 3]

Olympics are under attack. Covid is just an excuse when athletes will be vaccinated, as was zika in Rio. And Paris and LA will also suffer anothers problems that someone will want to take an adventage of it. Why? I don't know. By whom? I'm no sure about it. But the truth is that nolympics make a lot of noise, now and in the futuro they will do It.

[OlympicsFan 860]

6 minutes ago, macozar said:

Olympics are under attack. Covid is just an excuse when athletes will be vaccinated, as was zika in Rio. And Paris and LA will also suffer anothers problems that someone will want to take an adventage of it. Why? I don't know. By whom? I'm no sure about it. But the truth is that nolympics make a lot of noise, now and in the futuro they will do It.

Agreed. It is obvious that China released the virus to force Japan to cancel the games

[vinipereira 3,513]

23 minutes ago, macozar said:

Olympics are under attack. Covid is just an excuse when athletes will be vaccinated, as was zika in Rio. And Paris and LA will also suffer anothers problems that someone will want to take an adventage of it. Why? I don't know. By whom? I'm no sure about it. But the truth is that nolympics make a lot of noise, now and in the futuro they will do It.

I remember the countless articles regarding the zika virus threat... then the Games came and there wasn't a single case (reported, at least).

 

[macozar 3]

I didn't say It. But host the Games, with a bubble and the vast majority of athletes vaccinated, isn't more dangerous that others events that are celebrating nowadays. And that nolympics are running a campaign against Olympics, includind LA and Paris, for example in some social networks as Twitter, I think that is obvious.

[Quaker2001 339]

28 minutes ago, macozar said:

Olympics are under attack. Covid is just an excuse when athletes will be vaccinated, as was zika in Rio. And Paris and LA will also suffer anothers problems that someone will want to take an adventage of it. Why? I don't know. By whom? I'm no sure about it. But the truth is that nolympics make a lot of noise, now and in the futuro they will do It.

You can't compare Zika in 2016 to COVID now.  Yes, this is going the NOlympics movement a lot of reason to push back against the Olympics.  But that's because Japan has caused these problems.  And it's easy to blame the Olympics rather than to blame Japan's handling of the virus.

 

22 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Agreed. It is obvious that China released the virus to force Japan to cancel the games

On what planet is it "obvious" that China did this, let alone that the reason was to ruin Japan's Olympics?  That's absolutely ridiculous

[Quaker2001 339]

2 minutes ago, macozar said:

I didn't say It. But host the Games, with a bubble and the vast majority of athletes vaccinated, isn't more dangerous that others events that are celebrating nowadays. And that nolympics are running a campaign against Olympics, includind LA and Paris, for example in some social networks as Twitter, I think that is obvious.

Eh, let's be real here.  The Olympics are more dangerous than most events simply because of their size and scale.  They can be held safely if the proper protocols are in place.  But that's a big "if" and we can't count on all of the athletes being vaccinated.  There is cause for concern.  Time will tell if it is warranted or not

[macozar 3]

1 minute ago, Quaker2001 said:

You can't compare Zika in 2016 to COVID now.  Yes, this is going the NOlympics movement a lot of reason to push back against the Olympics.  But that's because Japan has caused these problems.  And it's easy to blame the Olympics rather than to blame Japan's handling of the virus.

 

On what planet is it "obvious" that China did this, let alone that the reason was to ruin Japan's Olympics?  That's absolutely ridiculous

I'm agree with you. Zika and Covid are unparalleled. It only was an example of nolympics always take adventage of bad things about make some noise.

[Quaker2001 339]

Just now, macozar said:

I'm agree with you. Zika and Covid are unparalleled. It only was an example of nolympics always take adventage of bad things about make some noise.

Nearly every Olympics in recent memory has seen negative stories in the media leading up to the games.  So that's nothing new.  But again, a once-in-a-century worldwide pandemic that already caused a postponement is not like anything we have ever seen before.  Right now, NOlympics has a great case to make that the Olympics shouldn't be held this Summer.  And you can be sure they'll push the narrative that it is being forced upon them by the IOC when Japan wants to back up.  Sadly, there is at least some truth to that.