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Top Kiwi epidemiologist says Olympics must be postponed - and why Government should take action 2 May, 2021 02:15「東京五輪開催は人々を殺す」 感染症世界的権威が断言 https://t.co/iTzdlBqSFu
— 山井和則 (@yamanoikazunori) May 12, 2021
The Olympics are all about celebrating this level playing field, global unity and overcoming Covid-19 – that's what was the statement made when the decision was made early this year to go ahead. So much global unity in overcoming Covid-19 are we seeing at the moment?
"It's not about the safety of New Zealand athletes. I think that's for sure with vaccinations and other precautions. It's what this says about low income countries around the globe. Is this fair and reasonable? Because for their athletes to be vaccinated and attend, they have to divert vaccine from the most vulnerable. And these are people who are dying every day. It is a matter of life or death for many countries in the world."
"Is this going to be a fair and equitable event for all countries in the world and all athletes? And if not – it clearly isn't – we should postpone it for another year. It was postponed once already. Last year they said it couldn't be postponed and then they postponed it. I think it needs to be postponed now.
"And remember it's been postponed or cancelled three times historically and that was in 1916 in the first world war and then in the second world war in 1940 and 44 and that was because the world was at war. And in a sense, we are at war now against the pandemic.
“In Japan, this will be a very tough event to pull off. We know that if you have tens of thousands of people arriving, there will be mistakes.
“As you say, New Zealand’s response has been held up as a model of using good science to battle this pandemic. I think the science also says we should not be having mass gatherings that involve a huge amount of international travel,” he said.
“That’s incompatible with combating this pandemic.
“The surveys of people in Japan show the public do not want this event at all and the healthcare workers definitely do not want it. They’re struggling to manage their own pandemic at the moment. This will only make it worse.”
「東京五輪開催は人々を殺す」ってのは東スポの煽りかな。パラッと見た感じみあたらない。
ただ、
五輪のために、弱者から医事スタッフ、ワクチン奪うべきではない、
パンデミックの最中に大型行事を開催していいわけがない、
インドなど貧困国がパンデミックで苦しむ中公平な競技などできるわけはない、
五輪は延期すべき。過去にも例があった、と。
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