What happens when the 2020 Olympics are postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus - Should we hold another Olympic Trials?

douglas burke wrote:

This Map is interesting, it shows where there have been CoronaVirus Breakouts, Notice as of this writing there are ZERO Cases in Africa (In any of the 54-55 Countries), Africa is supposed to be less advanced, yet Their Medical Professionals have kept the Cases to Zero. While the More Advanced USA and Japan keep growing more and more.

How is this Possible?, I would think the Most Advanced Countries would have the Least and the 3rd World Countries would have the most and grow like Wildfire?

How can This be?

If anyone has an Answer, Thank You in Advance

Mmmh, maybe you use your brain a little more.

The virus started in China. Chinese travel a lot these days but they go to Europe or North America and to Australia. Africa is so poor that they don't travel much there to begin with.

So this might be one of the few occasions where being poor is a good thing.

Nope, wrong. There is a lot of Chinese investment in places like Nairobi, Kenya these days, not to mention other places in Africa. There has definitely been people travelling from China to Africa in recent weeks.

igotoneforyou wrote:

Nope, wrong. There is a lot of Chinese investment in places like Nairobi, Kenya these days, not to mention other places in Africa. There has definitely been people travelling from China to Africa in recent weeks.

Yes, Africa gets most of its infrastructure (railway lines etc) built by chinese, so that they will be indebted.

South Africa is also part of BRICS alliance, (Brazil, Russia,India,China, South Africa).

You would expect more cases.

However, 1st world people don't like to be told what to do, won't self quarantine because they think about their own freedom first (generalisation). They are still looking for patient zero in Italy (why?)...no doubt he came back from China or even ex Wuhan without declaring such , coughing and spluttering.

"if I go down...everybody goes down"!

At this moment i would say it's 50/50 about the Olympics.. If i was to make a prediction i would say it's going to be cancelled.

Every country is going to get this, and 18 months before a vaccine can be cleared for mass production. That's not scaremongering that's fact. Masks don't work for protection, Hand sanitizer reduces risk greatly.

igotoneforyou wrote:

Nope, wrong. There is a lot of Chinese investment in places like Nairobi, Kenya these days, not to mention other places in Africa. There has definitely been people travelling from China to Africa in recent weeks.

They don’t have the ability to test for it those developing/3rd world countries. That’s the only reason you aren’t seeing confirmed cases. It is there, no doubt. We’ll be hearing about it soon. India and Africa are going to get rekt.

Selecting a marathon team 18months out is too long. Would need another trial next year.

Note that the virus is acting like a season cold/flu virus so should be severely limited by warmer weather:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/12/805256402/can-coronavirus-be-crushed-by-warmer-weather

douglas burke wrote:

This Map is interesting, it shows where there have been CoronaVirus Breakouts, Notice as of this writing there are ZERO Cases in Africa (In any of the 54-55 Countries), Africa is supposed to be less advanced, yet Their Medical Professionals have kept the Cases to Zero. While the More Advanced USA and Japan keep growing more and more.

How is this Possible?, I would think the Most Advanced Countries would have the Least and the 3rd World Countries would have the most and grow like Wildfire?

How can This be?

If anyone has an Answer, Thank You in Advance

There are 2 main reasons: One is travel patterns. How would someone living in a rural village in Africa get the disease from someone in China? There is a lot more travel between China and Japan and Korea than between China and countries in Africa.

The second reason is more advanced countries have the ability to identify people with the illness. They have better tools to diagnose and report. Maybe there are cases in Africa but are there medical professionals available to identify them?

rojo wrote:

Not joking here.

The odds of the Olympics being postponed are going up with each day.

So if they end up being postponed, should we re-select the team. Logic seems to say, “yes.” For the Marathon, it seems cruel but for the track it seems obvious. You hold another Trials in 2021. After all, it is the 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials. If the 2020 Olympics are cancelled and the 2021 Olympics are held, it seems like we need a new Trials.

Hold a virtual meet haha. All competitors run a time trial in their country and fastest time wins

Use your brain.

China is heavily involved extracting natural resources and manipulating governments in many African countries.

You wouldn't hold another mass Trials event like the one taking place in Atlanta this weekend. Either the results from Saturday will stand or the top 10-15 from each gender will all run Houston next January to re-select.

Olympics will be cancelled.

Flu Stew wrote:

Olympics will be cancelled.

Special wrote:

The Olympics are not going to be postponed/cancelled.

Well that's that cleared up then.