Heroesolitario comments

Yes, to the Olympics! Japan needed to vaccinate at the same rate as other countries did however they took their time and now they're rushing to vaccinate people. A lot of people posting on this forum are alarmist and they jump into whatever bandwagon that makes them look righteous. If you are so afraid of the virus stay home do not expose yourself by going to the Olympics or going nearby... The research is out and it has been out in regards to Corona but people still virtue signaling in regards to the entire thing. These are the same people that will virtue signal for anything because I guess they're not heard in their countries therefore they think their opinion matter here... Go Olympics.

I feel like part of me died too with Koga's passing. My favorite Judoka, a person who changed Judo in such a way that his particular style of ipponseonage is regarded as one of the most exciting and efficient in competitive judo ever since he first brought it into the international scene in 1986. I copied and mimicked your waza and kuzushi helping me succed at the world level culminating in an olympic berg. Thank you Mr. Koga, Toshihiko for making judo an exciting and beautiful sport.

Sincerely,

Your biggest fan.

The thing is, the rest of us also know the risk and most of us are not prepared to accept the risk. We can live without the Olympics.

Exactly my point you don't have to go to the Olympics to watch any of the sports. I deduct by many of the responses, many people were not going to go and watch the sports either so those people that are/were not planning on going to see or watch the Olympics and should be fine.

Besides it is the resposability of each individual to protect him/herself, and not ofeverybody else to protect you. People want to protect themselves they could wear masks and stay home that would actually solve the problem... It will solve the problem right now but that science is flaw because the virus is Airborne like other viruses such influenza. You can go underground for a little while and when you come back up, the virus will be right there waiting for you to do what it does best... However the body will build immunity at one point or another and that will be the natural course of nature.

Again, some people here are calling for the cancellation of the Olympics and I wonder how many of you have ever been to an Olympics or better yet a regional type of championships? I am going to speculate and say that none of you because if you were you wouldn't be calling for the cancellation of the Olympics. Athletes know the risk that they will take if they decide to participate in the Olympics. The Olympics come once every 4 years and sometimes a lot of these athletes only have one Olympic cycle because Father Time waits for no one. Based upon what I read in this forum some of you would cancel life itself if it were up to you. Life is full of risk and we take them every day.

Biden and science; an oxymoron if there were ever a better example. Some of the people in this forum are hilarious because they have solutions for every single problem happening in Japan. What are the number of deaths in Japan from covid-19? What are the number of covid-19 infections in Japan? What are the numbers of people who have recuperated from covid-19 in Japan? What are the number of people who have committed suicide in Japan this year and the previous years? What are the number of vehicle fatalities in previous years? What are the numbers of death from various types of cancer in previous years? People will always die; however, the answer to this riddle it's in the data... Maybe some of the people in this forum should do a little bit more research using medical journal publications from other countries other than the US or stop reading the New York times and perhaps we will have a little bit more of an objective perspective rather than a political one.

Once the government starts making restrictions part of the everyday life they will use their powers to restrict other activities and suppress human rights with the same excuse. Some of you here are calling for a restrictions while underestimating human rights, you cannot have it both ways. Once you give power to the government you will not get those powers back...and those who are advocating for these restrictions are the first ones who will complain once their human rights are violated. If you believe that you are high risk; then, it is your responsibility to protect yourself, it is not any other person's responsibility to protect you.