The Olympics Opening Ceremony, which will receive a four-hour broadcast starting at 6:55 a.m. ET on NBC, will be the largest and grandest global event signifying the world’s continued reopening after the shutdown and devastation caused by the pandemic. https://t.co/Em2xXvHZ1r

— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) July 22, 2021

The Delta variant is raging and the stadium will have almost NO spectators because case levels are jumping in Tokyo, but sure, let’s go ahead and celebrate “reopening”.