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There's some historical motivation not to touch it. The summer games haven't been cancelled since World War 2. In fact, the only times it has been cancelled wer
by Teknoman117 7y ago
There's some historical motivation not to touch it. The summer games haven't been cancelled since World War 2. In fact, the only times it has been cancelled were in the middle of the World Wars (1916, 1940, 1944).
- jacquesm 7y agoWar isn't contagious.
- tlb 7y agoEmpirically it is. Most wars have spread or spawned adjacent wars.
- jacquesm 7y agoI'm sure they did. But that still doesn't make them contagious. They don't jump from person to person irrespective of whether that person is a civilian or military. I'm using contagion in the medical sense, not in some kind of contrived way to make an unstable region erupt in war because there is war nearby. Though, truth be told, I wouldn't be surprised at all if COVID-19 somehow became a factor in wars being started.
- LMYahooTFY 7y agoThis seems clearly unrelated to the point being made.
- Thorrez 7y agoAlthough sometimes war can help spread diseases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu
- DyslexicAtheist 7y agonot sometimes. they go hand in hand. Ebola also spread in DRC during some of the worst fighting. It's an anticipated side effect to disrupt medical supply chains of the enemy to avoid their ability to recover.
- seabass 7y agoThey were also held in Tokyo when it was canceled in 1940.
- sky_rw 7y agoI think you could make an argument that a pandemic (maybe not this one yet) might be the closest thing we ever get to world war again.
- patrickaljord 7y agoSome people are calling it WWV, V for virus.
- marvin 7y agoAt least we won't be blowing up our infrastructure. "Rebuilding" afterwards should be quick.