Maria 'Bing' Velasquez Reid comments

She actually looked depressed when she first won against Williams and what Williams said back then.

The Olympic participants are playing politics so they can continue making money for themselves

18,600 of the 93,000 coming in should test and quarantine for at least 10-14 days if they want to come in unvaccinated. And at their cost. Or cost if the IOC since they want to participate or attend without the vaccination prior to coming in.

“Around 78,000, they said, would arrive from abroad -- including about 15,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes, coaches, backroom staff, officials, IOC members, media and broadcasters -- down from an original estimate of 200,000.”

That’s about 93,000 coming in and 18,600 which is 20% will not be vaccinated?

The chance of any of these non-vaccinated 18,600 people coming in to Japan is a huge number to pose probabilities as carriers of COVID-19.

Maybe the healthcare providers should vaccinate each other to speed up the process?

They will now definitely control politics. This is like a monopoly. They could set prices as well. Less choice. It is all basically the same now. They can control what you see the way they would like to present it.

If they VACCINATE the Olympians and anyone related to the Olympics from their OWN COUNTRIES BEFORE ENTRY - it should be safe for both the participants and guests.

The IOC does not care about anyone except their own pockets - pandemic or not. Because if they cancel they do not get money from insurance. But if a host cancels they get insurance money but the host does not. Everyone is in a Mexican standoff. I think rules of mankind should not be set in stone when Mother Nature like this pandemic is beyond man’s control in a snap of a finger! Why don’t they vaccinate every person BEFORE entering Japan so they do not contaminate the people of Japan and also for their safety. No vaccination = not included! Proof of vaccination from every person entering to go to the Olympics - media, participants, kings, queens, whoever you are!

“Go to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. “ These people are all guilty. Why would he be hiding in a box and plan a stow away?! That alone is conspiracy. If you have nothing to hide you stay put!

If one is not guilty you do not add more problems to your case. Something does not taste good here no matter how you cut it. They are hiding something - maybe even bigger than what it is.

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.”

IOC should cancel even if it means they will not get reimbursed by the Insurance. They are waiting fir the host to cancel so they could get Insurance money back. And that means insurers might lose business. I read ghat somewhere

I think countries from high resources should vaccinate their own athletes prior to attending the Olympics. Their countries should do that so they can enter Japan with ease. This is a pandemic! They should also try to help themselves get vaccinated at this special time from their country.

I am quite surprised someone punched back an elderly person at that for simply telling him to wear a mask. You are watching too much US news. Not good to copy that. I do not like all this punching. Lockdowns have made people become more and more weird and aggressive!

This tells me testing is not 100% proof. You might have been tested before COVID-19 surprised you and missed getting detected.. I would only consider traveling if everyone was vaccinated. I do not trust testing alone.

With COVID-19 cases soaring worldwide, and much of Japan under a state of emergency due to a third wave of coronavirus infections, the viability of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics has once again been called into question.

If the Games are cancelled as a result of the pandemic, insurers are facing a US$2-3 billion loss, which would be the largest ever claim in the global event cancellation market, according to a Reuters report.

The Olympic participants MUST BE VACCINATED at least 14 days BEFORE arriving in Japan from their own country with proof. And sign a waiver just like we all do from indemnity- no fault by anyone if they catch COVID attending and participating in the Olympics. It is their willing acceptance of the fact! Just like we all signed a waiver not blaming the vaccine provider.

This is the only fair thing to do.

Notice the countries who have millions of other violators they admit have less peace within. Too much protesting.

They look lost

Pfizer works well with UK variant.

The key finding: The percentage of positive antibodies that neutralized the South African variant was 12.4 fold lower for the Moderna vaccine than against the original coronavirus and 10.3 fold lower for the Pfizer vaccine, the study says.

Western Woke!

Do not copy everything going around the world. That is why your world is more peaceful. They are all chaotic and antagonizing each other. So much hate. Keep your culture. I appreciate it and I am not even from there.

There is more respect there than ehat I live with - they are always complaining.

Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Protects Against U.K., South Africa Variants, Study Shows

You do not start dressing them up the opposite sex and think you can read them the opposite way.

I went to an all girl school and saw some of my classmates as tomboys. We had a uniform. Some have crushes with other girls and nothing was said.

Some remained to be tomboys while others found themselves back to their original sex by birth. No one ever even thought of wearing boys clothes in an all girl school who had tendencies to be boys. But I noticed them wearing boy shoes.

Today, they are back to being a girl and talk about it as a phase of their life.

There was one who after getting married was left by her husband so she fell in love with another girl. Only to find out that the girl also cheated on her. Now she lives by herself and is happy with spending time with her children.

I disagree dressing up kids the opposite sex. Maybe it is better to have a uniform as we did. Then there is no choice for the child but to wear the uniform and maybe boy shoes.

I wear N95 masks even if I am vaccinated. You’d never know what variant is around. I had Pfizer and supposed to be good for UK and S African virants too. We do not need to wear mask if we eat with friends who have been vaccinated. Takes 2-3 weeks after each shot to work.

It is a must to wear a mask in streets because they could be asymptomatic and give me the virus passing by. Especially if they are talking to someone without a mask.

The vaccine prevents you from dying but you could still get COVID - but most likely mild.

Highly functioning people become famous.

People need to eat. I have seen and tried a can of whale - it’s like sardine. I try everything. It was cheap and affordable. Maybe it should have olive oil like bottled tuna.

I agree with Tokyo-Engr

Do not emulate - I love the culture!

Japan should not let anyone in. Other countries are getting variants and have high cases!

The new variant is highly contagious

New Zealand and Australia borders are closed to most.

I wonder if it is possible to watch the Olympics perform on zoom simultaneously from their own countries instead of traveling? It just has to be a slower process to be able to watch - and then tally their numbers? This way it is less contagious

In all countries like Europe, they do not allow people from other countries outside the EU to come in except some countries that have low cases but they will always allow their own nationalities in. But they have to quarantine. But they announced in FB they were going around to eat at restaurants because the food was awful when they had to just get food from the grocery store to their room.

“While speaking of the need to tighten border controls on an NHK television program, Tamura also said the government is considering contracting private security companies to monitor those who should be self-quarantining at their accommodation to make sure they adhere to the rules.”

I like that! People who arrive in the US sneak out. I do not think some adhere to the rules. I know a couple who did not.

it is costly to hire private security but should they catch a few and broadcast the consequences - maybe people will soon adhere without being watched. Spot check may be possible later.

For the safety of the people.

“Enacted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the regulation affects all classes of inbound travelers (Japanese citizens, foreign residents of Japan, and temporary business/tourism travelers).”

I like this policy and wish my country would do the same so the spread of Coronavirus will be at bay. To control the spread one must implement a good anti-spreader plan.