Covid-19 safety regulations will continue to apply to every athlete, whether they’re vaccinated or not.
“The best thing to do is to assume everyone’s at risk, and reduce risk by introducing Covid mitigation measures that we know work,” Finnoff said. Thus far, beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb and gymnastics alternate Kara Eaker are the only U.S. athletes who are known to have tested positive.In total, the International Olympic Committee has reported 13 Covid-19 infections among all athletes in Japan. And the IOC estimates that 85 percent of the athletes and staffers living in the Olympic Village are vaccinated.
Much of the Japanese public continues to oppose holding the games in Tokyo, in part out of fear that the arriving athletes will worsen the Covid-19 crisis in their country.Japan’s national vaccination rate was just 23.2 percent as of Friday, according toWhile the IOC did not require that athletes be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to take part in the Olympic games, other sporting organizations are starting to put the squeeze on vaccine-resisting stars.
YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED!! FIND OUT HOW ON GUYS WITH CIGARS!!
They should live among themselves. Selfish SOBs.
Nope. TokyoOlympics OlympicGames USA get it together.
Why the hell were they allowed to travel and compete?!
Ignorance kills
WTF
That if it is shameful, and put at risk other athletes and technical team .
I didn’t know there were 100 Olympic athletes from Oklahoma
I don't get it, they worked so hard to get there, why would they take that chance.
What a bloody disgrace!
Uh oh.
None should be allowed to compete. If any are immunocompromised then perhaps they should make an exception.
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Holy crap! What an international fail!!
The Olympics, where you can get kicked out for smoking a joint but spreading a deadly disease is okie dokie. WTF?
How the hell is this allowed? They regulate everything else, why not demand vaccination?
Incredible, really
i don’t know if we should be happy for them or feel sorry for the whole event… god bless us all.
What a shame.
wow that's surprising...
Don’t care. Let them catch the Delta. Obviously it’s all about them and their choice to risk others. No compassion for others.
Athletes aren't known for their brains 🙄
Bad, sad. Hopefully they are being tested and hopefully none will be positive but personal opinion is that Japan should not have allowed them in to begin with.. They shouldn’t really harm to other athletes based on what ever.Period.
Utter stupidity
How obscene.
Seriously? This should have been a requirement by the Olympic Committee. Are they stupid or something? Risking your Olympic dream? Geesh.
No unvaccinated athletes should have been allowed to participate. Period.
Vaccinations for all of Olympians should have been mandatory!
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soledadobrien Ridiculous
soledadobrien What the fuck are we even doing?
Well the games just started. I wonder how many more will get infected due to this stupidity. America again setting a fine example.
soledadobrien How in God's name can that happen this is not who we are, over a 100? That is a shame.
IDIOTAS!!!!!
Hey, maybe don't let them go? VACCINATION CARDS HAVE BEEN A THING FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS
I get why many chose not to .... but wow.
soledadobrien The IOC and Japan should have only allowed vaccinated athletes to participate. Your freedom ends when you infringe on others freedom.
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Disqualify them then.
Why were they allowed on the team? It's insane.
hahahahahahahaha haha fuck
And Wow people need to stop this shit already.. How many have gotten a flu shot?
Morning_Joe Unvaccinated athletes should not be able to participate.
Such a risk not to be vaccinated…. All their hard work and training put in jeopardy
Why
Morning_Joe It’s funny that all of the ones that have been sent home with Covid have been vaccinated.
Morning_Joe If the unvaccinated athletes are unable to compete for some reason, I have zero sympathy for them.
People really need to start minding their own business
If I was Japan, I would send them back.
Morning_Joe That is f’n ridiculous. They should’ve been removed from the team.
The '21 Tokyo Summer COVID-LYMPICS
Morning_Joe It is outrageous that these athletes were allowed to participate. It should have been mandatory.
Morning_Joe This is not going to end well.
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