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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Jan 28, 2021 13:17:15 GMT -5
I was just reading in an aggregated news source that a poll in Japan found that 80% of Japanese citizens don't want the Tokyo Olympics to occur in 2021. Not good! People don't want it, the government does...definitely a tricky one. P.S. - Proposing NYC as a host was a joke right?Sure as sh!t hope they were kidding: you can't breathe there normally in Summer!  |
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Post by hammer on Jan 28, 2021 13:40:02 GMT -5
I do not expect the Olympics to happen. I was just reading in an aggregated news source that a poll in Japan found that 80% of Japanese citizens don't want the Tokyo Olympics to occur in 2021. Not good! Japan has a population of 126 million, and has reported 375,000 CV-19 cases. Ok, nice job containing the virus, but there are millions and millions of targets still left for the virus. So until Japan has immunized a significant factor of their population (50 to 60%) they are definitely at risk for a big surge in cases. What is their vaccination strategy? |
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Post by baytree on Jan 28, 2021 13:55:45 GMT -5
People don't want it, the government does...definitely a tricky one. P.S. - Proposing NYC as a host was a joke right?Sure as sh!t hope they were kidding: you can't breathe there normally in Summer!  You can say the same thing about the Southeast USA. So much humidity! |
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Post by hammer on Jan 28, 2021 14:15:49 GMT -5
Sure as sh!t hope they were kidding: you can't breathe there normally in Summer! You can say the same thing about the Southeast USA. So much humidity! Yeah, in the middle of the summer, Florida and Texas aren't exactly the best choices given heat and humidity. Boston, Seattle, Portland, and a few others would be good choices, but do they have the facilities? Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto wouldn't be bad. Euro cities like London, Paris, Stockholm, and Berlin probably not bad either. Because of COVID, maybe you split it up amongst a few cities, which is less than ideal, but you do what you have to do to pull it off. |
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Post by lvcalum on Jan 28, 2021 15:17:29 GMT -5
I don't know where in Florida you could hold a July marathon and not have people die. Atlanta was bad enough. They might have to literally run along the beach. And the poor horsies - good time to give equestrian the boot I guess. I agree that Florida is brutal hot in the summer. FWIW - There are equestrian competitions there year round. Somehow the riders and ponies seem to survive. |
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Post by ironhammer on Feb 11, 2021 0:31:18 GMT -5
Further clouding prospects for the Olympics, Tokyo Olympic Chief resigns over sexist comments:
Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori will step down after sexist remarks he made about women were leaked to Japanese media last week, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Thursday, citing sources.
Mori said at an Olympics board of trustees meeting last week that "board meetings with lots of women take longer" because "women are competitive -- if one member raises their hand to speak, others might think they need to talk too," according to reports in the Japanese press.
"If you want to increase female membership, you would be in trouble unless you put time limits in place," he is reported to have added.
Speaking at a news conference the next day, the 83-year-old former Japanese Prime Minister confirmed he made the remarks behind closed doors and said he was sorry for doing so.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 9, 2021 22:25:18 GMT -5
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 10, 2021 9:35:26 GMT -5
So I am curious to know, is anyone surprised by this move from the Tokyo Olympic Committee of having no foreign spectators? Has it ruined any plans here of going to Tokyo see the event in person? Then again, with the pandemic still raging, I suppose very few would seriously contemplate traveling to Tokyo at this time? Or am I wrong...
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Post by stanfankev on Mar 10, 2021 12:02:37 GMT -5
Not surprised. IMO it's wise of them as the host country to have no foreign fans. It sucks, but it's wise.
I don't know how many Americans were planning on traveling to Tokyo. I would imagine a lot less than a normal year and a lot less than if it were hosted by a country not in the far east. I'm sure many Europeans and the Eastern hemisphere in general were planning on going. Comparatively speaking to the U.S., they have the pandemic much more under control.
So yeah, I don't think many Americans are having plans ruined by the announcement of no foreign fans, but surely lots of Europeans are upset.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Mar 10, 2021 12:08:28 GMT -5
So I am curious to know, is anyone surprised by this move by the Tokyo Olympic Committee of having no foreign spectators? Has it ruin any plans here of going to Tokyo see the event in person? Then again, with the pandemic still raging, I suppose very few would seriously contemplate traveling to Tokyo at this time? Or am I wrong... *raises hand* I'm unsurprised, but sad. We had tickets and I hadn't applied for a refund last June because I was somewhat optimistic that we'd get this under control in time. It was naïve on my part, I fully admit. I just needed something to look forward to and hope for. I am fully vaxxed and have been for a while, and Rainbowspouse will get their second shot in a couple of weeks. So if they were going to allow foreign tourists, then yes, we'd ship Rainbowtoddler off to my mom's and fly to Tokyo and have a blast. That said, I came to terms a long time ago with this as the likely outcome, so at this point I'm just glad it's going to be official so CoSport has to give us at least some money back. |
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Post by volleav on Mar 10, 2021 13:11:35 GMT -5
**sad face** We were hoping to go. In fact we hoped prices would be better with Covid, as not as many would want to travel. In the end I juts hope they happen, for all the athletes who have been working so hard for this.
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 10, 2021 19:42:35 GMT -5
So I am curious to know, is anyone surprised by this move by the Tokyo Olympic Committee of having no foreign spectators? Has it ruin any plans here of going to Tokyo see the event in person? Then again, with the pandemic still raging, I suppose very few would seriously contemplate traveling to Tokyo at this time? Or am I wrong... *raises hand* I'm unsurprised, but sad. We had tickets and I hadn't applied for a refund last June because I was somewhat optimistic that we'd get this under control in time. It was naïve on my part, I fully admit. I just needed something to look forward to and hope for. I am fully vaxxed and have been for a while, and Rainbowspouse will get their second shot in a couple of weeks. So if they were going to allow foreign tourists, then yes, we'd ship Rainbowtoddler off to my mom's and fly to Tokyo and have a blast. That said, I came to terms a long time ago with this as the likely outcome, so at this point I'm just glad it's going to be official so CoSport has to give us at least some money back. I wonder if the Tokyo Olympic Committee could have made allowances for people who have already taken the vaccine. Then again, the logistics of determining who has and who has not taken a vaccine would be a nightmare. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 9:40:27 GMT -5
"The International Olympic Committee and China have teamed up to offer vaccines to athletes and teams preparing for the upcoming Tokyo and Beijing Games. The Tokyo Olympics are set to open on July 23, and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing are scheduled for February. Heading off concerns that athletes might jump the line to get vaccinated, Bach said extra doses for the general public will be given to countries taking part in the program. “The IOC will pay for two doses more, which can be made available for the population in the respective country according to their needs,” Bach said." olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/03/11/olympics-coronavirus-vaccines/ |
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Post by ironhammer on Mar 12, 2021 22:57:42 GMT -5
"The International Olympic Committee and China have teamed up to offer vaccines to athletes and teams preparing for the upcoming Tokyo and Beijing Games. The Tokyo Olympics are set to open on July 23, and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing are scheduled for February. Heading off concerns that athletes might jump the line to get vaccinated, Bach said extra doses for the general public will be given to countries taking part in the program. “The IOC will pay for two doses more, which can be made available for the population in the respective country according to their needs,” Bach said." olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/03/11/olympics-coronavirus-vaccines/I knew the IOC will have to come up with some vaccine offer to placate concerns, issues with "jumping the line" notwithstanding. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2021 16:00:57 GMT -5
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You can say the same thing about the Southeast USA. So much humidity! 
