Tokyo Olympics Covid watch

[strung out]

A thread for collecting news related to Covid 19 and the Tokyo Olympics, e.g. outbreaks in the Olympic village, stars withdrawing after positive tests, local pandemic news from Tokyo, and anything else related to the pandemic and the Olympics.

I'll kick off with the news that some British athletes appear to be refusing the vaccine because of worries about side effects:

Some GB Olympic athletes refusing Covid vaccine over side-effect fears

The BOA is still trying to convince some athletes to get vaccinated against Covid-19 before the Tokyo Olympics as a small number hold out over performance-related fears

amp.theguardian.com

 

[sideboob]

I'm watching the news, and it's nice to see people protesting Bach travelling all over the country. Travelling between Tokyo and Hiroshima, both places under S.O.E., fucking olympic cunts (soz).

 

[weltweit]

Some GB Olympic athletes refusing Covid vaccine over side-effect fears

The BOA is still trying to convince some athletes to get vaccinated against Covid-19 before the Tokyo Olympics as a small number hold out over performance-related fears

amp.theguardian.com

I can relate, after my two jabs I can't even run the 100m

 

[sideboob]

Uganda team under quarrentine after the coach tested positive for covid.
Off to a good start.

 

[Yossarian]

Person from overseas has tested positive at the Olympic athletes' village.

Tokyo Olympics: Covid case found at athletes’ village, raising infection fears

Organisers in Japan confirm that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organising the Games has tested positive

www.theguardian.com

It's pure madness letting these Games go ahead - I don't understand the decision-making process that concluded disappointing TV viewers and ruining the Olympic dreams of a few thousand athletes is a worse outcome than potentially seeding the Delta variant in scores of countries with very low vaccination rates.

 

[krtek a houby]

Person from overseas has tested positive at the Olympic athletes' village.

Tokyo Olympics: Covid case found at athletes’ village, raising infection fears

Organisers in Japan confirm that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organising the Games has tested positive

www.theguardian.com

It's pure madness letting these Games go ahead - I don't understand the decision-making process that concluded disappointing TV viewers and ruining the Olympic dreams of a few thousand athletes is a worse outcome than potentially seeding the Delta variant in scores of countries with very low vaccination rates.

The general vibe here is people are not happy with the Games going ahead, esp with the glacial roll out of vaccines. It seems the LDP care more about the image than the citizens. Of course, that image won't be too shiny if there's a rise in infections, as you say.

 

[sideboob]

Money, the only reason the games are going on is because of money. Big money changing hands behind the scenes.
Not many people want or even care about the games at this point, but still they go on.

 

[platinumsage]

Person from overseas has tested positive at the Olympic athletes' village.

Tokyo Olympics: Covid case found at athletes’ village, raising infection fears

Organisers in Japan confirm that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organising the Games has tested positive

www.theguardian.com

It's pure madness letting these Games go ahead - I don't understand the decision-making process that concluded disappointing TV viewers and ruining the Olympic dreams of a few thousand athletes is a worse outcome than potentially seeding the Delta variant in scores of countries with very low vaccination rates.

Most people here were cheering the Euros on, despite them obviously being responsible for a surge in case rates. It's not much of a leap to go from that to a crowd-free Olympics.

 

[brogdale]

Gotta keep the creepy dollar rolling in...

 

[brogdale]

Remembering Johnson's 2012 commentary from the Telegraph...

 

[weltweit]

Gotta keep the creepy dollar rolling in...

Seems perfectly reasonable to me, they should be permitted the shorts!

 

[Supine]

Two footballers now

Tokyo Olympics: First Covid cases in athletes' village as Team GB athletes cleared to resume training

Two South Africa footballers test positive for Covid-19 in the Olympic village, while eight Team GB athletes and staff are cleared to resume training.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[brogdale]

Two footballers now

Tokyo Olympics: First Covid cases in athletes' village as Team GB athletes cleared to resume training

Two South Africa footballers test positive for Covid-19 in the Olympic village, while eight Team GB athletes and staff are cleared to resume training.

www.bbc.co.uk

Covid village

 

[andysays]

Gotta keep the creepy dollar rolling in...

I vaguely remember something similar in Women's gymnastics recently, where a (German?) gymnast was threatened with some sort of action if she wore something different to the standard up-your-bum leotard.

As far as I remember, she went ahead and wore an alternative, and other women have since followed her example.

I hope the Norwegian women will stick to their shorts and dare the Olympic authorities to try to punish them.

 

[krtek a houby]

Reports of a sexual assault on a staff member in a stadium in Tokyo, by another staff member.

Uzbek man arrested over alleged rape at Tokyo Olympic Stadium

 

[andysays]

I haven't actually ventured into the Olympics Forum, but is there an "Olympic officials try to dictate what women athletes should wear" thread?

Olivia Breen: World champion para-athlete left angry after official said her shorts were 'too revealing'​

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Tokyo 2020: Toshiro Muto not ruling out 11th-hour cancellation of Olympics due to Covid-19

There have been 10 more positive cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people affected to 68; Toshiro Muto says he will keep an eye on infection numbers and hold discussions with organisers if necessary

www.skysports.com

The head of the organising committee for the Tokyo Olympics has not ruled out a last-minute cancellation of the Games.

Rising coronavirus cases have presented organisers with mounting challenges, with 10 more positive cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of people affected to 68.


Asked at a news conference if the Games, which are due to open on Friday, might still be cancelled, Toshiro Muto said he would keep an eye on infection numbers and hold discussions with organisers if necessary.

We all know how much work and money has gone in to this, but ffs, pull the plug, anything else is just madness on the criminal side of things.

 

[krtek a houby]

Tokyo 2020: Toshiro Muto not ruling out 11th-hour cancellation of Olympics due to Covid-19

There have been 10 more positive cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people affected to 68; Toshiro Muto says he will keep an eye on infection numbers and hold discussions with organisers if necessary

www.skysports.com

We all know how much work and money has gone in to this, but ffs, pull the plug, anything else is just madness on the criminal side of things.

Don't feel it will be cancelled. Not only the financial loss, but it will be a psychological blow, losing face and all that.

Obviously it would be the sensible thing to do but this is the LDP and the IOC...

 

[Yossarian]

Don't feel it will be cancelled. Not only the financial loss, but it will be a psychological blow, losing face and all that.

Obviously it would be the sensible thing to do but this is the LDP and the IOC...

Calling it off and blaming it on infected foreigners could be a way of saving face.

 

[krtek a houby]

Calling it off and blaming it on infected foreigners could be a way of saving face.

Sounds like a Masayuki Hiratsuka campaign promise

 

[Lord Camomile]

GB skeet shooter Amber Hill is out.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Bit of carnage ahead of the athletics starting tomorrow:

Tokyo Olympics: Three members of Australian athletics team isolating after close contact with Covid-19 case

Three members of the Australian athletics team remain in isolation after close contact with American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, who has tested positive for Covid-19.

www.bbc.co.uk

Three members of the Australian athletics team remain in isolation at the Tokyo Olympics after close contact with American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, who has tested positive for Covid-19.

Kendricks, the reigning world champion, has been ruled out of the Games.
The three Australian athletes had PCR tests and all returned negative results, but will remain in isolation.

A further 41 athletes briefly isolated in their rooms but no longer need to.

Argentine pole vaulter German Chiaraviglio has also tested positive for Covid-19 and been ruled out of the Olympics.

On Thursday, the International Olympic Committee said two Olympic-related Covid-19 cases are being treated in hospital, although not in intensive care.

There have now been 193 cases among Olympic personnel, including 20 athletes.

 

[andysays]

Bit of carnage ahead of the athletics starting tomorrow:

Tokyo Olympics: Three members of Australian athletics team isolating after close contact with Covid-19 case

Three members of the Australian athletics team remain in isolation after close contact with American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, who has tested positive for Covid-19.

www.bbc.co.uk

Is it just me, or does "close contact with a pole vaulter" sound like a euphemism for something?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Is it just me, or does "close contact with a pole vaulter" sound like a euphemism for something?

Sounds like an attempted oxymoron!