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Colbert: Will the Delta Variant Send Americans Back Into Lockdown?

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Mike Lamb7/20/2021 12:02:34 pm PDT

re: #35 teleskiguy

Olympic COVID bubble already “broken” with 71 cases, 3 in athlete village | Ars Technica

Unless they’re cancelled, these Olympics will go down in history as one of humanity’s greatest blunders, almost like the Vajont Dam disaster.

I think the games should have been canceled, because they were essentially forced on Tokyo despite protestations from the public at large. Whether there it is a significant blunder depends greatly on vaccination rates among the athletes. What we aren’t hearing is whether the positives are athletes (or support staff) who have been vaccinated. If the overwhelming majority of the athletes, coaching staffs, support crew, etc. etc. are vaccinated (and it would be really dumb if vaccinations weren’t required—but we live in the stupidest timeline, so….), it shouldn’t be a huge deal even if there are some breakthrough infections.