I.O.C. is ultimately responsible for decisions

米紙NYタイムズは、元米五輪選手ジュールズ・ボイコフ教授の東京五輪中止を求める寄稿を掲載した。
「日本では60％近い人々が五輪開催に反対し、ワクチン接種を受けたのは人口の2％未満にすぎない」
「五輪をごり押しする主な理由は三つ。カネとカネ、そしてカネだ」
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— 町山智浩 (@TomoMachi) May 12, 2021

A Sports Event Shouldn’t Be a Superspreader. Cancel the Olympics.

 May 11, 2021 By Jules Boykoff

And yet, the Olympic steamroller rumbles forward. There are three main reasons: money, money and money. And let’s be clear: Most of that money trickles up, not to athletes but to those who manage, broadcast and sponsor the Games.

Olympic organizers are not willing to sacrifice their profits for public health.

A cavalcade of scientists and medical officials are unequivocal in their opposition.


Japanese public health experts are similarly united in opposing the Games.

In theory, the I.O.C., local Olympic organizers and the Japanese government — which has shoveled billions in public funds to stage the Games — consult with each other on decisions like cancellation and postponement. But an addendum to the Olympic host city contract states that the I.O.C. is ultimately responsible for decisions when it comes to making “a significant change in the overall scope of the Games.”

It’s time to cancel the Tokyo Olympics.