Bob Costas, who hosted 12 Olympic Games telecasts for NBC, believes the Tokyo Olympics should not go forward due to risks from Covid-19.Appearing as the lead guest on Real Time with Bill Maher, Costas said the Games should be “postponed, not canceled.
If they postponed it until the summer of 2022, then as a one-off it would go back to the way it was prior to the ’90s,” he said.Already, the pandemic forced them from 2020 to 2021, with the July 23 opening ceremonies now under a dark cloud of doubt due to the dire Covid-19 situation in Japan.
Just 4% of residents have been vaccinated and most oppose the idea of athletes from 200 countries coming in for the event, and doctors and other officials have voiced strong objections.“You’ve got to
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