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Comment by creaghpatr | Hacker News Reader

Olympics are this summer, could be at risk if it hasn't been contained by then, especially given the proximity of Japan to China/mainland asia.

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Summer is not a good time for a virus since the don’t survive Heath and the sun so well.

Given the number of cases in Singapore, this may not be the case for this virus.

Plenty of Singapore buildings have A/C. Some of the clusters so far include two churches, one Chinese medical store, and Grand Hyatt Singapore.

It would only take a few super spreaders during the Olympics to start a true pandemic

So far they say they're "not being considered", which is quite worrying if that means they're not even planning ahead to it as a possible outcome. I sure hope they make the right decision if it becomes necessary, instead of forcing through due to being too preoccupied with national/personal pride.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/canceling-tokyo...

Could the Olympics be postponed a year? There's no president for this, but if the disease can't be contained, it seems prudent.

I was planning on visiting Japan this summer. Now I'm somewhat hesitant to do any travel.

I assume you mean precedent, and there is something of a precedent with the 1940 Summer Olympics.

The 1940 Summer Olympics was cancelled, not postponed.

They were rescheduled (and relocated to Helsinki) first, so the Olympics have been rescheduled before. (On re-reading about it I now realise they were pre-poned, not post-poned, though!) And yes, they were subsequently canceled.

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