Florida offers to host Olympics if Tokyo can't do it

Florida has 21 million people and 42,000 covid deaths.

Japan has 126 million people and 5,000 covid deaths.

FLupda wrote:

Florida has 21 million people and 42,000 covid deaths.

Japan has 126 million people and 5,000 covid deaths.

Sorry 25,000 deaths for FL. Still preposterous.

Use the NBA bubble that was used in Orlando.

Japan is skinny and Florida is fat. We know the underlying root cause of the high death rate in the US but choose not address it. Instead, fatties want everyone else to sacrifice their lives to save the selfish ones who chose their fate.

It would be awesome for Florida and the US if this comes to fruition.

wejo wrote:

The Japanese people might start thinking of why they would want to hold as safe a Games as possible instead of not holding them. This ultimately comes down to public perception and public will.

The Japanese people are already welcoming, and celebrating this offer. "Great! Now we can get rid of the Olympics and don't have to accept those virus-spreading foreigners."

It's not gonna happen.

Florida didn't pay enough bribes.

And other countries prepare for 8+ years for the Olympics and Florida does it in 8 weeks?

You know where there are more covid cases/deaths than Japan right now? Florida.

And that "variant" hasn't even gotten there yet.

92% of all ICU beds are full in Florida. Tourists would die waiting for a ventilator.

(three weeks on ventilator = death, the numbers have to "catch up")

And probably shouldn't import more covid into this country if you want normal marathons after the summer.

Dr. of Nothing wrote:

It would be awesome for Florida and the US if this comes to fruition.

Yeah it would. Florida has already administered dose 1 of the covid vaccine to 7.3% of the population, and by summer a majority could be vaccinated at this rate. No reason to think the Games couldn't be done safely.

Hardloper wrote:

Dr. of Nothing wrote:

It would be awesome for Florida and the US if this comes to fruition.

Yeah it would. Florida has already administered dose 1 of the covid vaccine to 7.3% of the population, and by summer a majority could be vaccinated at this rate. No reason to think the Games couldn't be done safely.

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Croc in the Mar el Lago swamp wrote:

It's not gonna happen.

Florida didn't pay enough bribes.

And other countries prepare for 8+ years for the Olympics and Florida does it in 8 weeks?

Between all the universities, pro stadiums, disney, florida probably has the infrastructure. Every olympic sport probably has serious competitions in florida in a typical year. Now the question is would florida's plan involve spreading sites out and not having a traditional olympic village?

Hardloper wrote:

Dr. of Nothing wrote:

It would be awesome for Florida and the US if this comes to fruition.

Yeah it would. Florida has already administered dose 1 of the covid vaccine to 7.3% of the population, and by summer a majority could be vaccinated at this rate. No reason to think the Games couldn't be done safely.

What percentage of people in FL would get vaccinated if it was offered to them?

Kvothe wrote:

Now the question is would florida's plan involve spreading sites out and not having a traditional olympic village?

why cant they use disney's resorts for that?

slomo wrote:

You know where there are more covid cases/deaths than Japan right now? Florida.

And that "variant" hasn't even gotten there yet.

92% of all ICU beds are full in Florida. Tourists would die waiting for a ventilator.

(three weeks on ventilator = death, the numbers have to "catch up")

And probably shouldn't import more covid into this country if you want normal marathons after the summer.

It would be a hot time in the O-town this July, for sure.

slomo wrote:

You know where there are more covid cases/deaths than Japan right now? Florida.

And that "variant" hasn't even gotten there yet.

92% of all ICU beds are full in Florida. Tourists would die waiting for a ventilator.

(three weeks on ventilator = death, the numbers have to "catch up")

And probably shouldn't import more covid into this country if you want normal marathons after the summer.

FL does have the UK variant. However, FL has administered 1.5 vaccines and the demand is very high. The death rate in FL of 118 per 100,000 is lower than the national average of 127 despite having the 5th highest median age. Much lower than many of the lockdown states.

I don’t think this will happen, but FL definitely has the infrastructure, stadiums, international airports, and plenty of lodging. It would be great to see the games here. I wouldn’t want to run the marathon here though, could easily have dew points in the mid 70s.

Florida would be a great venue.

FLupda wrote:

FLupda wrote:

Florida has 21 million people and 42,000 covid deaths.

Japan has 126 million people and 5,000 covid deaths.

Sorry 25,000 deaths for FL. Still preposterous.

25,000 people died "with Covid". Not due to solely

So, I wonder why the NSG to be held in Ft. Lauderdale in Novrmber were postponed. Maybe too soon of a decision?

The Unkle wrote:

FLupda wrote:

Sorry 25,000 deaths for FL. Still preposterous.

25,000 people died "with Covid". Not due to solely

So you think they can do a safer job of producing the Olympics than Japan?