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Olympic Swimmers 'Certain' To Pick Up Virus From Three Teaspoons of Rio Water (independent.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes from a report via The Independent: The Associated Press has released a 16-month-long study that shows just days before the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro begin, the waterways in the city are teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria. The report says both athletes and tourists are at risk of getting ill from the contaminated water. "The first results of the study published over a year ago showed viral levels at up to 1.7 million times what would be considered worrisome in the United States or Europe," reports The Independent. "At those concentrations, swimmers and athletes who ingest just three teaspoons of water are almost certain to be infected with viruses that can cause stomach and respiratory illnesses and, more rarely, heart and brain inflammation -- although whether they actually fall ill depends on a series of factors including the strength of the individual's immune system." Many of the athletes have been taking antibiotics, bleaching oars and donning plastic suits and gloves to prevent illnesses, but antibiotics combat bacterial infections, not viruses. The AP investigation found that infectious adenovirus readings turned up at nearly 90 percent of the test sites over 16 months of testing. What's more is that "the beaches often have levels of bacterial markers for sewage pollution that would be cause for concern abroad -- and sometimes even exceed Rio state's lax water safety standards," reports The Independent.
Just don't take your teaspoon while you swim. Problem solved.
Will they be swimming in the waterways? Don't they have swimming pools with chlorinated water?
hey give things like the Olympics to developing countries who think of them as giant dick waving competitions to try and show the world their country isn't really a pathetic shithole, and they wonder why things don't work out ?
The Brazilians have spent an absolute fortune on these games, money they can't afford.
I sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be for the best that only First World nations can host these sorts of things. The other countries can come along, but until they step up economically they're not allowed to host.
Simple rule of thumb : If you have half your population living in cardboard boxes and shitting in the street then you can't have the games.
Done.
The water-sports athletes at Rio will be up shit creek.
Anti-vaxxers (which I know are literally non-existent on /.) need not read further.
I think exposure to most new pathogens is likely what keeps our immune systems training, learning and ultimately healthy.
Plus a bit of mild diarrhoea is a good cleanser ;)
Seriously though, I imagine those going to the Olympics will have received their respective vaccinations well in advance. Otherwise, you might find consolation in the fact that Brazilians swim, drink, (have lots of sex with everything and anything) - and are doing ah-OK.
* {usual disclaimer stuff here}
They've known for years and it is not uncommon for the Olympic city to host an event in another city (e.g. London held Sailing etc in Dorset), why did they HAVE to have these events in the dangerous Rio waters? I mean sure, a city that is on the coast, unlike others like the aforementioned London, COULD host water sports IF there are suitable waters. In this case there are no suitable waters, why couldn't they just move the event? It is not like they spent money for infrastructure for Sailing - in fact they didn't spend the promised money for sewage treatment, so they could just move the venue at any time.
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And then bring it home to the rest of the world.
An example of the Olympic games forward planning and their high standards.
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
Will they be swimming in the waterways? Don't they have swimming pools with chlorinated water?
Some of the events are events.
If I was in one of those sports I would be thinking pretty hard about skipping the Olympics no matter how big a deal they happen to be. I can't imagine a gold medal being worth the problems that would come from swimming through raw sewage. The fact that the IOC hasn't stepped in to change the venue tells you everything you need to know about how much the IOC cares about the well being of the athletes.
In this case there are no suitable waters, why couldn't they just move the event?
A great question. I think the answer is that the IOC doesn't actually give a shit (pun intended) about the well being of the athletes as long as they get paid. They let the Russians into the games despite CLEAR evidence of state sponsored doping. The IOC could easily have set benchmarks for water quality and time tables and made arrangements for a backup venue if the cleanup couldn't happen in time. But they couldn't be bothered. Why? I think the answer will be found if you follow the money.
The reality is that (a) most of the athletes are borderline sociopathic animals,
Speaking as someone who knows several Olympic athletes personally you are completely full of shit if you actually believe that. I played D1 college sports (wrestling) and one of my coaches was a multi-time Olympic gold medalist. Nicest guy you would ever care to meet. He loved to compete in his chosen sport like some people here love to tinker with nifty technology. But that doesn't make one a "borderline sociopath". Furthermore through sport he managed to get out of some fairly rough circumstances and so have several others I know. I've trained with and interacted with numerous Olympians over the last 35 years competing and coaching my sport. If you actually knew any of these people the word "sociopath" would be the furthest thing from your mind. The fact that you feel the need to tear down someone you never met and know nothing about means that YOU are the sociopath in this conversation.
and these sorts of problems are not going to prevent them from fighting hard for their shiny piece of metal;
If you think an Olympic medal means winning a "shiny piece of metal", you don't have a clue what it represents.
From living through the London Olympics, it was pretty clear that the whole event is just for TV.
Of course it is. That's one of the main sources of revenue for the Olympics and for any major sport. Every major sports league is made for TV because that's how you get the largest audience. The number of people who can actually attend any given event in person is comparatively small. NBC pays the Olympics tens of billions of dollars for broadcasting rights. Of course the games are televised.
The fact that the athletes are still going there tells you everything you need to know about how much the athletes care about their own well-being.
A lot of them aren't going because of the sanitation problems. But let me ask you this. If you had worked and trained your whole life for something that you probably only had one shot to accomplish, would you give that up easily? Something that for many of them can literally change their life and that of their family for the better? If you say you would give it up easily then you don't adequately understand the question or the stakes involved. I was once an athlete that competed at a fairly high level and I still coach in my sport. I understand why the athletes are conflicted about giving up their chance at an Olympic medal.
For some of these athletes they are literally competing for their future financial well being. Winning an Olympic medal in some places can be life changing. It can make some of them national hero's and set them and their family up for years to come. Would you swim through a river of shit if it would drag your family out poverty? Because for some, that is the stakes on the table.
Even for those not attempting to drag themselves out of poverty, competing in the Olympics can be life changing. In my sport it's basically a job interview. Competing in the Olympics can result in a modest but solid income and career for those who want to coach in the sport. Win a gold medal and it can result in substantial economic benefit if you play your cards right. It's about a lot more than just a shiny piece of metal.
The poor people of Rio are paying for those games with their health and their lives. Sociopath is too strong a word but be honest: how they suffer doesn't bother you or anyone else living it up at the Olympic party at public expense. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/n... http://www.businessinsider.com... https://www.theguardian.com/sp... http://www.theatlantic.com/bus... http://www.economist.com/blogs...
The word he is looking for is Narcissism: the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one's own attributes. Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a long term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of understanding of others' feelings.
"The first results of the study published over a year ago showed viral levels at up to 1.7 million times what would be considered worrisome in the United States or Europe,...the beaches often have levels of bacterial markers for sewage pollution that would be cause for concern abroad -- and sometimes even exceed Rio state's lax water safety standards..."
When viral levels are that high, why are you trying to convince anyone that Rio even has a documented "water safety standard"? You've got to be fucking kidding me with that shit.
With those kinds of "standards", bleach would considered a safe alternative to drinking water, asbestos is just a "mild irritant" in construction, and DDT is considered a flavor additive in food production.
No wonder no one gives a shit about Zika infections anymore.
...Rio state's lax water safety standards...
This should be a lesson to folks who want a weak government.
Or here's another example - look at Mexico and the USA. Back in the 19th century, Mexico and the USA were equals. Now, look. The difference? Mexico has a weak government. Those drug lords wouldn't stand a chance in the US but in Mexico, they just do what they want and their government is just incapable of doing anything.
We do need some reforms here in the US - like getting rid of the mass surveillance and our militarized police force - that's an example of government power getting a bit too strong.
But my point is that the conservatives (Libertarians, mostly) who want a weak government are asking for problems that the free markets cannot solve.
Given all of Brazil's problems, was hosting the Olympics such a good idea? Never mind that the FIFA World Cup nearly bankrupted the country, they're now putting on a show that they can't afford. They have rampant poverty in Rio, pollution issues, body parts washing up on beaches and even Zika yet here we are about to have another meaningless Olympic games in a country that won't easily recover from it.
Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
The IOC committee members who selected Rio for the Olympics should be require to pre-swim the open water race courses. Also I expect all IOC committee members to give up their hotel suits to athletes whose residence rooms are not ready. Because the games are about the athletes, right?
left and right when going into their own waters? Do people die after swimming at the Ipanema or Copacabana? No? Why would Olympic athletes get sick then? Nobody argues that the waters are pristine, but all of this is just another attempt at whipping up anger and dislike at Brazil and South American countries in general.
I totally agree. Government is (supposed to) be for people, just like corporations are supposed to be for people. There has to be a balance, no extreme will work. Not that i'm saying there is a correct balance now, especially when it comes to corporations, anywhere in the world. Soon TTIP and CETA and bullshit like that will tip the scale lot further towards the extreme.
Lots of things can result in substantial economic benefit if you play your cards rights, that doesn't mean overlooking the risk of contracting and passing on a particularly nasty disease, especially when the best-case scenario is one where the individual get's all the reward and society gets nothing.
Society gets nothing? You mean except for someone with an income, who can buy things, pay taxes, provide for a family, generate economic value and be a productive member of society, right? You mean except for the fact that sports entertainment is a multi-billion dollar business that provides a substantial living for literally millions of people around the world, right? Get a clue. Just because it isn't your cup of tea doesn't mean it doesn't have value. If an adult wants to take some risks to win an Olympic gold medal, that's their decision and they get to live with the consequences. It doesn't hurt you in the least so I'm not sure why you are bent out of shape over it.
This is a particularly selfish course of action.
As if you have a job solely to benefit others. Spare me. Big time sports are a business. People pay to see them play because they get value from doing so. It's part of the entertainment industry and whether you like it or not, it's a real business with real economic benefit to society.
The Olympics are kind of a showcase for random sports, as well as an opportunity to represent your country (whatever that means), but I bet it is not considered the end-all event in most sports.
Depends on the sport. In my sport (wrestling) the Olympics is considered the pinnacle of the sport for better or worse. That's true for quite a few other sports. Gymnastics, swimming, track & field, figure skating, etc all have the Olympics as THE premiere event. I'm not entirely convinced this is good for those particular sports but that's the way it is right now. Some sports like road cycling, tennis, and several others the Olympics is a respected event but not the end-all-be-all of the sport. For example in cycling the premiere event is the Tour de France. In tennis it is probably Wimbledon.
Most sports that are in the Olympics have the Olympics as the top event on their calendar. Otherwise there wouldn't be much point to the Olympics really.
Given the odds and the competition, that's an incredibly short-sighted gamble. To devote years to something that unlikely when there are MANY better ways to provide. It's all about ego. "Look at me".
Just because something is a long shot doesn't make it unworthy of pursuing. Very few Olympic athletes put all their eggs in the pro-athlete basket. Most who pursue Olympic dreams have backup plans independent of sport. In my sport (wrestling) virtually all the athletes who compete in the games are either college graduates or are currently in college. They pursue their Olympic ambition but most have jobs and go on to perfectly normal careers. You only have a few years to be a top level athlete in most cases so the opportunity cost to chasing the Olympics is relatively small in most cases in the long run.
All about ego? No it is not. I won't deny that ego is a part of it but that is far too glib an evaluation of what is really going on. It's about fun. It's about money. It's about opportunity. It's about goal setting and achievement. It's about a lot of things well beyond ego. And frankly there is nothing wrong with trying to prove you are the best in the world at something. If you are good enough to qualify for the Olympic games that proves you are remarkably talented at something. No different than an engineer building something amazing or an artist creating a fantastic work of art.
Can you name one open water swimmer who won a medal in any prior Olympics?
Since I don't follow that particular sport, no. But aside from Michael Phelps I couldn't tell you the name of any swimmer in the pool either because I don't follow that sport either. However in my favorite sport (freestyle wrestling) I could tell you every member of the last several teams, where they went to college, who they beat to make the team, and a lot more with enough detail to make me sound like a stalker.
I would say your long-term health isn't worth the financial benefits that the Rio open water sports provides you
That's for them to decide for themselves. I don't judge. If I was in those sports I'd have to think hard about it that's just me. They are adults and can choose what matters to them. It's kind of like those who use performance enhancing drugs. I wouldn't do it myself for both health and ethical reasons but I understand why some do even if I don't approve. It see it as no different than someone who works a tough dirty job for little pay. Sometimes the benefits are very personal.
"but antibiotics combat bacterial infections, not viruses" - Independent. Its not everyday someone recognizes this in a public news article. A+ Independent.
So are swimmers not athletes now?
All the athletes i know are scrubbing toilets in movie theaters and such. I make sure that they always have extra work so that they are putting those muscles to use so their pay is properly earned. Like taking a jar of honey with me and smothering the toilet seats, toilet paper, and ceiling with it.
Point taken. But really, in this regard how does competing at the Olympics differ from a stint on any of several reality TV shows? And arguably the TV shows might be safer.
Sports is a business of entertainment. To get money from sports it has to be able to draw a crowd. There are however some pretty substantial differences between sports and reality TV. 1) Reality TV isn't real whereas sports (usually) is. 2) Sports demonstrably has a lot of benefits for those who participate even if you ignore the financial. I defy you to say the same about Reality TV. 3) Sports still exists even if there is no camera recording the event. Most of the competitions were never recorded and certainly never broadcast. Reality TV doesn't exist without a broadcast.
I'm not saying this to be flippant, nor to minimize the dedication and hard work and sacrifices of athletes who compete at the highest levels. But seriously, when do we stop giving in to corporate greed and corruption?
Cut off the money and the greed and corruption will go away. Sports business is no different from any other business, be it technology, manufacturing or retail. If you bring money into the picture, you can be sure greed and corruption will follow. The best you can hope for is to keep it contained.
I don't know about you, but to me that sounds even more like "Hunger Games".
You mean except for the bits about killing people or the fact that it's quite voluntary, right? Spare me the silly comparisons. There are things you can rightfully criticize about high level sports but comparing them to the Hunger Games is just idiotic. If you want to make serious criticisms I'll be happy to provide you a long list of problems to work on. Plenty to choose from I assure you.
If I was any kind of a swimmer, then yes, I probably would. The more important question is, "with all of humanity's productive power and technological advancements, why is it still necessary for anyone to swim through a river of shit in order drag their families out of poverty?" Never mind doing so for a chance at a 'job interview'.
Now you are on to the right question. The fact is that the IOC could EASILY have relocated the venues. The fact that they didn't speaks to the corruption within that organization. The IOC professes to care about the well being of the athletes but their actions often seem to indicate otherwise. What they really care about is the money train for the people within the IOC. This isn't surprising but I'm a little surprised they care so little for their brand that they are willing to endure all this bad press over what really was an avoidable problem.
Insightful comment - I can throw in another name being the WHO (who refused to name Zika a danger to the Olympics as well). Those are the experts that are supposed to protect the athletes, as everyone would agree that they would not hesitate one second to accept the supposed risk of the health situation in that country. In that case, the experts are supposed to come in and take the decision. They didn't, and it is a shame that we can all see the scandal coming and no-one cared enough. I feel for the athletes.
*tips fedora*
This article does not hold to its very own arguments...
If the waters were so harmfull how do you explain the 10 million people that lives in that region without getting sick. Thousands of people takes baths on Rio waters and beaches every day, including hundreds of foreign tourists, and get to live to return another day.
The Olympic Games maybe should not take place in Rio, for many good reasons, but this "three spoons of harmfull deadly virus" sounds just plain stupid whatsoever.
...several Escherichia Coli bacteria, so I know what I'm talking about. They are really warm, gut-loving creatures. The nicest organisms you'd ever want to meet. I've also known several wrestlers, and they were all sociopathic shits.
Not really. All those things are driven entirely by ego.
Providing for your family is about ego? Because an Olympic medal can facilitate that. Getting opportunities for your future is about ego? Yeah not so much. You seem to not understand the meaning of the word. In reality the only thing in sports that is about ego is the desire to prove oneself in competition. To step foot on the playing field you have to have a robust ego but that's actually a positive thing in that circumstance.
The only act that isn't completely driven by ego is an act of absolute selflessness.
Confirmed. You don't understand what the word means.
Trust when I say that everyone involved in the olympics from the IOC, the spectators, sponsors, film crews, setup and teardown crews, athletes etc have a personal agenda.
Everything in human existence has a personal agenda if you want to go that way. That's not a bad thing. What's wrong with spectators wanting to be entertained or crews wanting to make a paycheck or Olympians wanting to win a gold medal? Nothing bad about any of those things. I am among other things an engineer in part (though not entirely) because I enjoy being an engineer and I believe I'm halfway decent at it. If someone happens to be truly excellent at rowing or swimming or badminton, why shouldn't they pursue that if it suits them to do so?
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Viruses and bacteria in the water in 3rd world countries is a problem with weak government? There are strong governments all over the world which have nasty air and water. China's government is very powerful, yet their water and air are totally filthy.
People seem to defer to government because using violence and the threat of violence is an expedient "solution" to a problem, but rarely is it a good solution. There's also no guarantee that government power, once granted, won't be used for evil.
If libertarians had their way, their wouldn't BE any "drug lords" except the CEOs of Merck & Pfizer and the owners of your local weed farm.
Mass surveillance and the police state are signs of excessive government power, true ... so are the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the massive bailouts of the banking cartel, the war on drugs, the war on terror, Dept of Education, DHS, DEA, ATF, NSA, Dept. of HUD, gigantic military budgets, a global network of 700 military bases in 100 different foreign countries, billions of dollars in annual foreign aid, corporate subsidies, Medicare, Medicaid, guaranteed student loans, a federal work force larger than the total number of people in manufacturing, the biggest prison population in the world and rampant corruption and cronyism at all levels.
I've never been tormented by athlets. I simply know why people do things.
Rio Is A Shithole, they havent lived up to any if their promises and they will be putting millions of people at risk. Horrible.
Does the IOC force athletes to sign any kind of waiver?
I don't know for certain but I would be very surprised if they didn't have some sort of waiver of liability. That sort of thing is pretty standard on every sporting event I've ever entered. I can't imagine the Olympics would be any different. There probably is a similar waiver for the national governing bodies as well. High level athletics involves a shocking number of lawyers believe it or not.
Just curious whether IOC is liable when an athlete gets sick from having to compete in water that a reasonable person would realize is not safe?
Problem is that the athlete always has the option to withdraw. It might be different if the IOC represented the water as clean when it wasn't but there seems to be little doubt in this case. You can't sign a waiver to permit a fraud but that's not in play here. So it's sort of a case of swim at your own risk. What astonishes me is that the IOC is willing to ignore all this negative press for something that could pretty easily have been avoided merely by doing a venue change. There has to be some clean water somewhere in Brazil.
Third world country has third world water quality. Film at 11.
Hell, many first world countries have trouble with water quality, the US included. What would be surprising -- shocking, really -- is if Rio had pristine water with all of the slums and the lack of sanitation.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
There are approximately 10500 athletes expected to participate in the 2016 Rio games.
What is the number of athletes you expect to be sickened, injured, or killed during the event?
Notes: the "sickness" window extends to sicknesses identified up to 90d after the Olympics.
These must be exceptional injuries: pulling a hamstring running a race would NOT count. Pulling a hamstring fleeing a collapsing stadium WOULD count. Kidnapping, while not necessarily technically an injury, would count. It doesn't have to be at an Olympic venue: athletes killed when a shoddily built hotel collapses would count, as would a scenic light rail line tour plunging into the sea. Rough sex in the Olympic village would NOT count, but gang rape by street thugs would count.
Currently we have a number of values - closest to the final tally wins bragging rights.
We have guesses in the pool* ranging from 300-5000. (5000 was specifically chosen with the pessimistic fear of large-scale terror attack, and/or a combination of factors: the officials in the olympics downplaying diseases and infections and the inability of Olympians to keep from frucking like rabbits, and/or the likelihood that the condoms provided will be as faulty and dangerous as the venues built in the last 6 weeks).
*currently not virus infested, so the safest pool related to CatastRIOphe2016
-Styopa
That's one incentive to break a world record.
Nice fantasy. Bet you wish it was true. The cold hard fact is that athletes usually breeze through college out of sheer focus and motivation while nerds struggle due to attention deficit and social awkwardness. Athletes graduate and lead successful lives, it's the nerdy types who end up at low-wage jobs ("but it's only temporary until I have my big break, just wait and see!", yeah right) and are stuck there. No life, no future. I wish I could be sorry fof them but I just can't identify with them.
I've been to Brazil multiple times. There are plenty of beautiful locations and the people are fantastic. Rio is the face of Brazil, but other than the famous beaches and Christo and Sugar Loaf mountain, it's a nasty city.
I feel bad for the people because most of the developed world is now making fun of their country. They do have plenty of issues and maybe some will improve with the visibility. Politicians made promises they couldn't keep (go figure) and the corrupt IOC took enough bribes to make it worth their while. Now the citizens, athletes, and fans will suffer.
I think Brazil could have done a wonderful job had it not been Rio and if they could utilize many of their existing structures for events. It might be better for everyone if future games are held in a country, not just a key city.
"Action without philosophy is a lethal weapon; philosophy without action is worthless."
using bottled water
The remaining events they're in aren't as readily impacted by long-term doping, only short-term doping and other exploits (such as hyper-oxygenated blood for cycling) which all of their athletes are being invasively triple-checked for at this point.
Sadly not true at all. Russian wrestling has the largest number of positive doping results for Russian athletes after athletics and weightlifting. I've been in that sport for 35 years and I can assure you that both long and short term doping would help a lot in wrestling. Same with swimming, gymnastics, and a variety of other sports. What people don't realize about doping is that the most useful thing about it is that it reduces recovery time. It allows you to train more and at a higher intensity. This can make a huge difference even in skill based sports like wrestling.
Furthermore you can check all you want but it isn't hard to pass a drug test. Lance Armstrong was tested hundreds of times over years and never tested positive. With the aid of a doctor it's almost trivial to avoid testing positive even if someone is using something that the tests can detect. Which often isn't the case.
So yeah, Russian got a big bucket of banhammer to the noggin' this year, and I expect several more of their athletes to get stuck by the at-games testing and DQ'ed.
Not big enough. The Russians engaged in state sponsored doping. The ONLY response to that that has any meaning is to ban the country that engages in it. All of them. The government of Russia and their sports ministry engaged in systematic corruption of sport. You cannot remedy that by banning individual athletes. By the IOC being unwilling to make the tough decision they have effectively sanctioned state sponsored doping. Every country can look at Russia now and rightly think "there is no punishment for state sponsored doping programs". If an athlete tests positive they just throw that athlete under the bus and send the next one out there. Economists call this moral hazard and that is exactly what is happening here.
Uh, being corrupt and incompetent is one of the hallmarks of a weak government, not a strong one.
Regardless, what was said was correct - Brazil is a country with a very weak government, and every country that has one has the same problems. This is why libertarianism is fantasy.
Get two large tankers filled with chlorine and dump all of it 10 minutes before the races.
And may the water splashing be ever in your favor.
"Persistence is annoying success." - ghee22 11:28:1999 - 10:53:PM
I'm not so sure that an extinguished gut microbiome is going to help their immune systems fight viruses.
Microbiota regulates immune defense against respiratory tract influenza A virus infection
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/13/5354.short
Don't ever change
it's actually irresponsible to have the Olympic swimmers in the water... Why do they even continue with the matches?
You're an idiot. Tourists from all over the world have been travelling in and out of Brazil for over a hundred years, but you believe the fear-mongering in the papers, and honestly believe that suddenly NOW, in 2016 just before the Olympics, Brazil and all its beaches are a global health pandemic waiting to break out and kill the whole world?
Step back from the TV, close your eyes, cover your ears, take a deep breath, and start using your head for once.
It is not like there is no tourism and business travelers already all year long... The olympic games will not have any significant impact in the distribution of any disease...
News flash to some idiot creatures from the "developed world" lurking the internet. Most of this tropical diseases are mosquito-borne (Malaria, Dengue fever...) and mosquitos hate cold weather. So unless we don't put a hold on global warming you will never, and had never before, had this mosquitos in your country...
Good luck, athletes! Bubbly, frothy futures for all of you!
Like a goddamned latte. Straight from the anus.
Thanks, India.
I am shock IOC even allow this. They put the face of 1 country ahead of athletes health.
1. The competition missed out some of the best athletes of these field.
2. All the athlete would be drugged up and wearing uniform that may not be best for that sport.
It's sad they didn't even consider to host these specific competition at another location, another country, modify the competition, or cancel certain sport event.
The Russian swimming team is loading up on "antibacterial" and "antiviral" "medications" like crazy right now!
You can never be too safe right? Have another pill!
The best way for athletes to prepare for this is to expose themselves to the native viruses and bacteria prior to competing there. This is why many athletes will arrive early and train there.
Tourists from all over the world have been travelling in and out of Brazil for over a hundred years, but you believe the fear-mongering in the papers, and honestly believe that suddenly NOW, in 2016 just before the Olympics, Brazil and all its beaches are a global health pandemic waiting to break out and kill the whole world?
No, that's what you say.
Step back from the TV, close your eyes, cover your ears, take a deep breath, and start using your head for once.
Last time I watched TV was over 2 years ago. Instead of reading something into what I wrote, why don't you just try reading what I wrote?
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
It is not like there is no tourism and business travelers already all year long...
In Olympic numbers all at once? FIFA world cup in Brazil 2014 drew 3.5 million people. The London Olympics in 2012 drew 19.5 million people. I am uncertain if there are any other event that draw people to a nation in such numbers that if requires a concerted effort at a government level to make modifications to a cities infrastructure to deal with them all.
Obviously we don't know what the attendance will be a Rio however I'm sure it will be labeled as 'The best olympics ever'.
The olympic games will not have any significant impact in the distribution of any disease...
It's logical that if you are going to have a mass of people in Rio all at once they are all going to come home.
News flash to some idiot creatures from the "developed world" lurking the internet. Most of this tropical diseases are mosquito-borne (Malaria, Dengue fever...) and mosquitos hate cold weather. So unless we don't put a hold on global warming you will never, and had never before, had this mosquitos in your country...
No need to have a cow. Whilst I'm sure that the operators will avoid filling their aircraft with mosquitos, I'm certain the people bitten by them with tickets won't have those problems. Perhaps the gestation period of anything contracted will be a factor, I don't know. I have no fixed opinion about what will happen, all I am doing is pointing to something obvious worthy of observation.
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
Surely for wrestling there are much more important events such as Wrestlemaina and the Summer Slam? :-)
Only once they've retired from the real sport. See Kurt Angle or Brock Lesnar. They retired to the WWE and the fat paychecks that come with it. Evidently there is a lot of money to be made traveling around the country entertaining credulous rednecks with bad acting and fake fighting.
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