Lack of Coronavirus Vaccine, Slumping Economy Squeeze Japan’s Olympics Plans

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Rising costs of Tokyo Games’ postponement to 2021 and long shot of vaccine being ready in time are pressuring organizers

As the clock ticks on planning for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, two vicelike forces are converging.

On one side, scientists are racing to find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, which caused the pandemic that pushed back the Games one year to July 2021. A growing list of medical experts says the typical Summer Olympics, simultaneously massive and international, can’t safely occur without a vaccine. And yet it is far from certain that such a vaccine will be identified, proven effective and widely distributed before...

 

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There a no successful vaccines for any RNA virus

Cancel the games,

Cancel!

Does pushing the Olympics by a year ensure the safety of all the stakeholders? Studies show Covid is here to stay till atleast 2022. All funds should be directed towards citizen welfare and vaccine research rather than an event which might not happen.

Just imagine money lost on Olympics Olympic this yr, sports football that the tv globally have lost, and near future, paper press be billions down last months, here in Britain trillions losses for the banks in 7 weeks.

Go have a life you Olympic shits. Ppl are dying. Is ur Olympic shit more precious than ppl who lose their lives. Get a hold of yourselves

I truly feel bad for the athletes that tuned their skills and their bodies to peak performance, and were then told they need to hold that level of preparedness for another year. Unbelievable.

No vaccines needed when we have a cure. chloroquine

That's whay is called a high risk high reward investment.

“vaccine” is a word that allows them to pump you full of shit.

I feel sorry for Japan 🇯🇵 - they had done so many preparations. I hope it is successful next year.

Wow they’re going to lose big twice from the olympics, once with the delay and then again after the games underwhelm.

anyone still care about Olympics?

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