Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers respond to frustrated athletes

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/51943083

"Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi said the IOC was 'risking our health', while Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson said training had become 'impossible.'"

"'I'm sorry Mr Bach but this is tone deaf. The instinct to keep safe is not compatible with athlete training, travel and focus that a looming Olympics demands of athletes, spectators and organisers,' Pinsent wrote. 'Keep them safe. Call it off.'"

The Games will not run as scheduled, with or without fans. Why no announcement ?

That raises a different question.

This is the IOC being discussed. Does anyone doubt there is some unspecified economic incentive for IOC members personally to delay any announcement ?

The latest official comment got buried in the thread, but this was tweeted about nine hours ago:

Whatever the reasons for the delay might be, it doesn't seem many potential customers currently think it will go ahead as originally planned.
Meanwhile, there are apparently meetings happening in Vegas at the moment with some powerful people (from government and the casino/hotel businesses) trying to get the casinos reopened ASAP.

Yea mayor Goodman is talking the "It's just the flu" and we survived all the others. etc.
But she only has jurisdiction on downtown and she can't do squat without the Gov saying so.

If the casinos reopen, occupancies will likely hover between 5% and 10% for quite some time at least until there is confidence they are safe. Is it better to run at those occupancy rates than staying closed?

This is probably the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

You think any businesses are paying unproductive people out of the goodness of their hearts because they are concerned for the financial welfare of their unproductive employees? That suddenly they will no longer feel the moral obligation to subsidize unproductive employees because the government has stepped in? The financial well being of employees is literally the last thing a business considers.

CoVID-19 is no longer just for the old:

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcar...younger-people

You do not understand labor relations, employee retention or the value of trained, knowledgeable workforce when you want to re-open your closed operations.

Wtf, what do you mean "unproductive people" ? Those people, who seem to have held jobs up until these past few days are capable of productive activity, the business may want them around when it reopens.

I think the point Cuban was explaining may have been above your pay grade if it is "the dumbest thing" you have ever heard or read...., the point was that the program is likely to encourage layoffs that might not otherwise have taken place .... and so is a boon to employers facing $X of severance or "loyalty/retention" expenses.

soooo many fat people in the USA though I wonder if its related with high blood pressure or diabetes type 2

If the series goes ahead as planned I will eat a broomstick.

Looks like the ball was really dropped on Spring Break in Texas and Florida - they're trying to take measures now, but pretty tough to put that genie back in the bottle.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN2151H4

The Mayor of Clearwater that had their beach shown on national tv packed has finally agreed to shut it down but is waiting until 6am on Monday.

Wow.

There is some irony in that this mayor has a constituency that HAS to be older than the national average and WAY older than the people flooding the area for Spring Break.

Clearwater residents average age is reportedly 44.1 years versus an average US age of 38.2 years.

https://www.google.com/search?client...67.aHyTbOrDhPc

I've been to Clearwater, those ORFs are really old.

Who is the Mayor looking out for, certainly not the residents of Clearwater or the rest of us outside her baliwick.

What is worse, the hordes of hedonistic youths who descended upon Clearwater have dispbursed back to thei home areas .... bringing with them whatever they picked up ... what happens in Clearwater does not stay in Clearwater.

More surprised the Florida Governor didn't just shut it down as he shut down all bars and nightclubs etc. like 2 days ago and then sees one of his popular beaches on national TV with people calling for shut down.

"City of #Clearwater City Council votes to close public beaches on #ClearwaterBeach for two weeks starting March 23 at 6 a.m. This only pertains to the sand, not restaurants or businesses."
https://twitter.com/MyClearwater/sta...99005416337414

[ ] Coronavirus is caught from sand.

[X] Coronavirus can be caught from people on sand.

Because there's a higher likelihood of you catching it if you play a professional basketball game vs someone that has it. You're in close proximity to them for 2.5 hours, sweating a lot, rubbing up against them, etc.

And yes they're rich so they have better access to tests

If you really think that is a major factor, consider how many college basketball players have been tested. There are a lot more college players than pros.

I think the difference is that there was an NBA player originally screened based on symptoms, and then other players were tested based on possible contact with him.

I imagine if a college basketball player had tested positive, all the members of his team and other teams he had recently played against would also be tested. But I haven’t heard of any instances of this.

That largely misses the point. There are many many people who are symptomatic who have been refused tests/testing. One NBA player was symptomatic and got tests done in less than a day. His entire team (including non-playing personnel) was tested the following day. And then several other teams were tested in short order.

Nobody is upset that the NBA players got tested. The issue is the "jumping the line".

i dont understand the obsession with testing? what purpose does it serve again?

Look up the town in northern italy called vò

Sure, but it can also be caught by people in restaurants and businesses.

So it almost makes it sound like the distinguishing factor is the sand. Of course we all know the distinguishing factor is the $, and the complaints he'd get if he closed restaurants.

Am I right in thinking that Spring Break is over on Sunday? If so, then, again...wow to that decision.

I think it allows individuals, and more importantly the medical system and government as a whole, to make more intelligent, evidence-based decisions.