Olympics To Be Held Without Spectators Amid COVID-19 State Of Emergency

[Nevilledog]

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TOKYO (AP) — Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, following a state of emergency on Thursday, Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa told the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

The ban was announced by the International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers, reducing the games to a made-for-TV event.

Fans from aboard were banned months ago, and the new measures announced by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will clear venues around Tokyo — indoor and outdoor — of any fans at all.

The emergency declaration made for a rude arrival in Japan for IOC President Thomas Bach, who landed in Tokyo on Thursday just hours before the new measures were announced. He was to spend three days in self-isolation at the five-star hotel that lodges IOC members.

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[Botany]

1. And we have C-19 vaccines going to waste here because of idiots who don't believe in science.

We should fly all the extra vaccines that the dumb fucks in Missouri refuse to take to
Japan ASAP.

[obamanut2012]

4. Lots of antivaxxers and Qberts in Japan

So, lots of those vials would be wasted.

[Xoan]

2. S M A R T!

I predict COVID-19 will win.

[Dream Girl]

3. Gold, Silver, or Bronze