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how the Tokyo Olympics is sending mixed messages about COVID-19 safety

  • Written by: Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health and Director of the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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The Tokyo Olympics are less than three weeks away. And the pressure is on for the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Japan was just coming out of its fourth COVID-19 wave with about 1,400 new cases every day, but numbers are now rising again. This could turn into a fifth wave.

Despite this, the games will go ahead. There will be limited numbers...

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