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9 Jul, 5 tweets, 3 min read
We spent 2020 learning about COVID, and we are still learning. We learned that a binary nature of response -- let it rip or shut it all down -- wasn't accurate or sustainable. #TokyoOlympics should have made decision to prohibit spectators earlier. Now the Games go on. Good. 1/
So much wrong with the Olympics: money, greed, stupid rules about marijuana use. Separate those all out. The question is really can the risk be reduced enough -- with all the health rules in place, including no spectators now -- to hold a safer, responsible Olympics. 2/
The answer is yes, but nothing is perfect. Many of us who help with sports security have been pushing for no spectators for awhile. It's a simple calculation: the goal is for athletes to compete and spectators are nice but not essential. Everything to its core functionality. 3/
I explain risk reduction in sports and mega-event planning during a pandemic here with my friend @TheAndyKatz for @NCAA social series. I want the Games to go on, as a fan. But I also think the desire to shut them down is based on a faulty standard. 4/

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Anyway, this is 2021: push for vaccinations, control spread, pivot, boosters, require vaccination for entry creating (yes) favored classes to schools, concerts, etc, minimize risk.
And let the Games begin. The athletes deserve it. 5/5

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