Labor unions are moving away from their normal political allies in the current Lower House election over policy disagreements about how the nation should proceed with nuclear power generation.
So, about the ‘all athletes are vaccinated, probably’…
Star American swimmer Michael Andrew says he is standing by his decision to not get the COVID-19 vaccine before the Tokyo Olympics.
Andrew, an Olympic gold medal favorite, said in an interview on the Fox Business show “Varney & Co.” on Tuesday that remaining unvaccinated is a “risk” he’s willing to take.
“Everything we take and put in our body is very calculated,” he said. “You know, with the period going into Olympic trials, I didn’t want to risk any time out of the pool.”
Honestly not sure which is worse, deciding to forgo the vaccine or deciding to talk about that decision on Fox Business,
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Struggling businesses forced to temporarily shut down around Olympics venues. Olympic visitors ordered to install invasive apps and allow GPS tracking. Minders staking out hotels to keep participants from coming into contact with ordinary Japanese or visiting restaurants to sample the sushi.
Japan’s massive security apparatus has raised complaints that the nation, during the weeks of the Games, will look more like authoritarian North Korea or China than one of the world’s most powerful, vibrant democracies.
The worry for many here, however, isn’t too much Big Brother. It’s that all the increased precautions won’t be nearly enough to stop the estimated 85,000 athletes, officials, journalists and other workers coming into Japan from introducing fast-spreading coronavirus variants to a largely unvaccinated population already struggling with mounting cases.
Tiendas obligadas a permanecer cerradas en torno de las sedes olímpicas. Visitantes obligados a instalar aplicaciones intrusivas y permitir el rastreo por GPS. Agentes en los hoteles para impedir que los participantes entren en contacto con el común de los japoneses o vayan a restaurantes a probar el sushi.
El gigantesco dispositivo de seguridad japonés para los inminentes Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio provoca quejas de que las medidas son más propias de un Estado autoritario como China o Corea del Norte que de una democracia vigorosa y dinámica.
Sin embargo, la mayor preocupación no es tanto la invasión de la vida privada por el Estado. Es más bien que las precauciones no bastarán para impedir que los aproximadamente 85.000 deportistas, funcionarios, periodistas y otros que llegan a Japón introduzcan variantes altamente contagiosas del coronavirus en una población con baja tasa de vacunación y donde el contagio va en aumento.