Japan pledges safe Olympics, medical experts aren’t so sure

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Japanese infectious disease specialist Atsuo Hamada wants to see the Olympics happen in Tokyo this summer, but admits if they were being held anywhere else, he’d probably support a cancellation.

“Even without the coronavirus pandemic, the Olympics as a mass gathering fosters all sorts of infectious diseases,” Hamada, a professor at Tokyo Medical University, told AFP.

With less than six months until the pandemic-postponed Games, organizers say they’re confident the event will be safe. But some medical experts aren’t so sure, and think cancellation is safer.

“I do understand the athletes’ sentiments,” said Michael Head, a senior research fellow in global health at Britain’s Un…

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