When the world’s most important sporting event meets barely vaccinated populations.
You would think, but there has been a variety of issues here. The approval process for vaccines developed in other countries is stringent in Japan. It didn’t get a vaccine approved until February, and I believe the rollout process has been bad. The bottom line is very few Japanese people are vaccinated right now. They are trying to ramp up, but it’s very clear they’re not going to be able to get to over 50 percent of the population vaccinated by the time the Olympics begin.
The IOC is the only one with the right to cancel these games, to make any sorts of changes to the plan, to the host contract. If Tokyo were to try to get out of this, it would be on the hook for billions of dollars in damages. It would have to cover the IOC legally if the IOC were to be sued by broadcasters or sponsors for not delivering on their deals.So, the International Olympic Committee has all of the decision-making authority here about whether the games take place.
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