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GB_RN

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8. At This Point...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 17, 2022, 11:46 AM

Jan 2022

The whole thing should be cancelled. I know that people train for years to compete, but is it really worth it to go expose yourself to all those others at the Olympics and risk getting infected (or worse)?

I don't know, maybe having seen what happens to COVID patients (and other really sick people) as a nurse, I just have a whole different outlook on what's important. Then again, I'm not in my teens and 20s anymore, either. I remember thinking I was invulnerable back then, too. 🤷‍♂️

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China says tickets for Winter Olympics will not be sold to general public due to Covid-19 [View all] brooklynite Jan 2022 OP

Well the Chinese Olympics are fucked anyway. I just heard, 3Hotdogs Jan 2022 #1

They actually decided that weeks ago. lark Jan 2022 #2

That's the point ---- the absence of a delegation was promoted as a response to Chinese treatment 3Hotdogs Jan 2022 #3

I always thought Carter made a mistake, although for the good reasons. lark Jan 2022 #4

It's preferable not to have the government tell private citizens where they can or cannot go Effete Snob Jan 2022 #5

We'll lets just step back and ask why are there these "games in China.... turbinetree Jan 2022 #6

Also bribery, the same goes with the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. Crowman2009 Jan 2022 #7

Second that motion.... turbinetree Jan 2022 #10

EXACTLY, they shouldn't have been awarded these games IMO. Raine Jan 2022 #14

At This Point... GB_RN Jan 2022 #8

At this point it's up to the individual to accept the risk madville Jan 2022 #9

That's The Problem GB_RN Jan 2022 #11

It is a big problem but it's human nature also madville Jan 2022 #12

It's all for the TV ad money, am I right? FakeNoose Jan 2022 #13

No General Public seating for the Genocide Olympics rpannier Jan 2022 #15