As I understand it, foreigners are forbidden to attend, but Japanese are not. I suppose they'll want some confirmation of safety... either vaccination or negative test(s). I don't know the current details.Are they even planning on having spectators? For some reason i was under the impression there would be few to none but i don't know where i got that from.
I have no idea if they will or not as i haven't been keeping up on this story. I do hear second hand that a lot of Japanese don't want it now.
Really good thinking. I don't see why not. Well, the winter Olympics is scheduled in 2022, so that would be a concern. They would prefer to keep them staggered by 2 years.They should just move the cycle back another year and hold it next year, future Olympics scheduled would be pushed back two years.
I don't think it would be fair if Japan had to completely scrap the whole thing.
Maybe they can have a program to make sure the athletes are vaccinated. There's only so many.Covid is pretty much an athlete's nightmare because of the long term effects to breathing etc.
They should just move the cycle back another year and hold it next year, future Olympics scheduled would be pushed back two years.
I don't think it would be fair if Japan had to completely scrap the whole thing.
The Japanese people are leery, especially with all the recent flare ups in Asia, even with countries that were able to handle the virus well earlier.
Not leery enough to actually get vaccinated though. Their vaccination rates for a rich country are abysmal (they are sub 5% I think).
New Zealand also has less than 1% of its people vaccinated. Australia and South Korea fare little better with under 3%.
If they have to they can limit venue attendance.
Maybe they can just do the Olympics over zoom. I imagine most of these athletes have pretty good facilities at home for training in. I foresee a lot of water damaged phones for the pool based events.
I guess this answers my own question about spectators, as did Muse, but they didn't/won't change the 2020 logo either.I hope they still hold it this year or at a later date. We actually had a trip planned to go to Japan right before the Olympics for vacation, but COVID changed that. Funny thing is, I went to Osaka, Tokyo and Sapporo in Nov. 2019 for work. I purchased some Olympic 2020 merch for my mom, wife and kids. Wonder if it's worth anything since it says 2020 on it? lol
Formerly scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and will not allow international spectators. Despite being rescheduled for 2021, the event retains the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes.
We weren't going a few weeks before. So we were not actually attending the Olympics. Our vacation was planned before COVID hit, but at least we would get to the the changes to Tokyo. We are planning to go still, but might not be until Spring 2022.I guess this answers my own question about spectators, as did Muse, but they didn't/won't change the 2020 logo either.
I purchased some Olympic 2020 merch for my mom, wife and kids. Wonder if it's worth anything since it says 2020 on it? lol
That's where i was going with that.Despite being rescheduled for 2021, the event retains the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes.
It's a massive undertaking to host the summer games, and due to a variety of scheduling factors, another delay just isn't in the cards. At this point, all signs are that they are going to host no matter what happens. Possibly the only variable is whether there are domestic spectators or not.I think they'll hold it, possibly delaying. It's not just for us, it's for the athletes. If they have to they can limit venue attendance.
The Olympics are probably the most expensive orgies ever...