Despite the Tokyo Olympics being just weeks away, academic and vocal games critic Jules Boykoff says it is "not too late" for this summer s event to be canceled if health experts deem it too risky due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Anger at the government's insistence on pushing ahead with the games remains intense, but Japan's ramped-up vaccination campaign may be helping to ease some safety fears.
The head of the Japan Doctors Union, Naoto Ueyama, said Thursday, May 27, that a "Tokyo Olympic" strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may emerge if the Summer Olympics [.]