With COVID-19 cases up and lags in vaccine rollout, can the Olympics be held safely?
With COVID-19 cases surging in Japan and variants spreading globally, the last few weeks have seen a seesawing of headlines about the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. On one side, polls showed that more than 80 percent of Japanese respondents believe the Games shouldn’t be held this year, and a British paper reported on sources stating that the Games would be canceled.
