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  • ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE TOKE

  • YOU OLYMPICS AND THAT IS

  • DESPITE THE OFFICIALS.

  • >> AS CBS 4'S LUCY KRAFT

  • REPORTS, THE ROLL-OUT SO FAR

  • HAS NOT GENERATED A LOT OF

  • EXCITEMENT.

  • >> Reporter: IN RECENT MONTHS

  • NATIONWIDE FESTIVITIES LIKE

  • UP EXCITEMENT AS THE SUMMER

  • OLYMPICS APPROACHES.

  • BUT HELD UNDER HEAVY ANTI-COVID

  • MEASURES, OFTEN WITH SPECTATORS

  • BANNED, THE EVENTS HAVE SERVED

  • RISKS FACING JAPAN AS IT OPENS

  • ITS DOORS TO TENS OF THOUSANDS

  • OF GLOBAL ATHLETES AND

  • PERSONNEL, SAID POLICE SCIENCE

  • PROFESSOR NANCY SNOW.

  • >> IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS REALLY

  • BECOMING CRINGE WORTH YEA, THAT

  • WHENEVER THERE IS, SAY, RIBBON

  • CUTTING, EXERCISE OR THE

  • ANNOUNCEMENT OH OF THE OLYMPIC

  • TORCH RALLY, THERE'S ROLLS SOME

  • SETBACK SO THAT NOW WITH THE

  • TORCH RALLY, IT IS INVISIBLE.

  • THERE ARE NO CHEERING FANS.

  • >> Reporter: ORGANIZERS ARE

  • TESTING FOR ATHLETES WHO WON'T

  • HAVE TO QUARANTINE.

  • COMPETITOR ALSO BE CONFINED TO

  • THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, VENUES AND

  • TRAINING AREAS.

  • AMONG JAPANESE SPONSORS HAS

  • PLUMMETED, SNOW SAID,

  • ANTICIPATION HAS BEEN REPLACED

  • BY ANXIOUS RESIGNATION.

  • ONLY ABOUT 1% OF JAPANESE HAVE

  • BEEN VACCINATED SO FAR AND

  • UNDER CURRENT PLANS MOST WILL

  • BE UNPROTECTED WHEN THE GAMES

  • BEGIN IN JULY.

  • HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE JAPAN'S

  • VACCINE A ROLL-OUT.

  • THE COUNTRY IS NOT GOING TO BE

  • REALLY VACCINE READY FOR THE

  • OLYMPICS IN JULY.

  • ARE NOT REALLY UNDER CONTROL

  • YET.

  • >> Reporter: WITH COVID STAYING

  • RAGING AROUND THE WORLD,

  • COUNTRIES COULD START DROPPING

  • OUT OF THE OLYMPICS FORCING

ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE TOKE

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Serious Concerns About Safety Of Tokyo Olympics

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    naomi posted on 2021/05/11
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