less than two months before the opening ceremonies in tokyo, an influential japanese newspaper and official partner of the games published an editorial criticizing the prime minister for refusing to cancer t cancel the summer olympics saying it goes against the will of the people. they have one of the lowest vaccination rates among developed nations, less than 5%. joining me is michael osterholm, the director for the center of infectious disease research and policy at the university of minnesota. great to see you again. you are part of a group of influential scientists who wrote an article for the new england journal of medicine which said, look, japan, if you are going to do the olympics, you are doing it wrong. so what aren t they doing? what do they need to be doing? well, first of all, thanks, john, for having me. we are right now in this countdown, as you just noted with less than two months to go
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