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EndlessWire

(6,508 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 10:01 PM Feb 2020

Summer Olympics in Japan

Scheduled to begin on July 24th.

That's like, 4 months from now, especially when people arrive in advance. 4 to 5 months. How does this fit in with the Coronavirus? Good way to spread it all over the world.

How do you think it should be handled? Remember, Trump thinks warm weather will kill it, since President-for-Life Xi told him so. But, I'm skeptical of that.

I love watching the Olympics.

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Summer Olympics in Japan (Original Post) EndlessWire Feb 2020 OP
I think in two months we will have a good idea Ex Lurker Feb 2020 #1
If I was the betting type, I'd say the odds of them holding dewsgirl Feb 2020 #2

Ex Lurker

(3,812 posts)
1. I think in two months we will have a good idea
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 10:13 PM
Feb 2020

It will have burned itself out or we will be in a worldwide pandemic. Either way, as an "early adopter," it may have come and gone from Japan by July, even if other parts of the world are still dealing with it.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
2. If I was the betting type, I'd say the odds of them holding
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 10:23 PM
Feb 2020

the Olympics anywhere in Asia, are about 25 percent and drastically plummeting.
I actually saw where one of the betting sites had it at 50 percent, that was 2 days ago, right before it began exploding into other countries, as we are seeing now.

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