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Tokyo Olympics plan is tempting disaster
The International Olympic Committee’s push for the Tokyo Olympics to proceed in July despite Japan’s massive third wave of COVID-19 defies public health logic writes Professor Mike Toole AM in the Fairfax media.
OPINION
By Michael Toole
The International Olympic Committee’s announcement that “there is no Plan B” for the Tokyo Olympics and they will proceed in July, despite Japan’s massive third wave of COVID-19, defies public health logic. The very best that we can expect is a XXXII Olympiad in front of empty stadiums and a torch relay on empty streets.