NO, and NO again. Sheer madness for all the above reasons given. Could this be Japan not wanting to lose face as per its culture?
Franbern, this is a very elite athletes POV, and good for you being one of them. However there are many, many other atheletes, professional or amateur, worldwide who have had to put up with drastic reductions in their sports with attendant consequences. Why should Olympians be treated as special.
Apart from sports people what about other professions or hobbies such as the entertainment industry, they too have had to get on with it. Even this week a Westend play was cancelled seconds before its first curtain call in months because one member of the company got a text to say that someone they had been in contact with had tested positive. The company and audience all had to go home. The whole company was tested and all were negative, but appropriate precautions had been taken and it must have been hugely disappointing for all. Most walks of life have suffered economic problems, it's once of the consequences of this virus.
Surely the IOC and Japanese government have a duty to the Japanese population, most of whom have not been vaccinated, to safeguard them. It has been proved time and again in the last 18 months that this virulent virus slips through the net, mutates and heaven knows what else.
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