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China aims for ‘Zero COVID’ Winter Olympics, bans cheering
NY Post ^ | 1/15/2022 | Rich Calder

Posted on 01/15/2022 10:16:34 AM PST by thefactor

Chinese officials are banning spectators from cheering during the upcoming games in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19.

The elaborate precautions are even tighter than the ones enforced during the summer’s Tokyo Games, as Beijing has maintained a “Zero COVID” policy since early in the pandemic.

Everyone — including the athletes — is asked to clap instead of shouting, cheering, or singing. Athletes must be vaccinated — or face a 21-day quarantine — take tests daily and wear masks when not competing or training.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; olympics
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You want a glimpse of an Orwellian dystopian nightmare, watch the Olympics.
1 posted on 01/15/2022 10:16:34 AM PST by thefactor
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To: thefactor

“You want a glimpse of an Orwellian dystopian nightmare, watch the Olympics”.

And so many in attendance will be smiling and grinning beneath their masks.


2 posted on 01/15/2022 10:21:06 AM PST by laplata
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Athletes must be vaccinated — or face a 21-day quarantine 21-man firing squad....

Fixed it.
3 posted on 01/15/2022 10:23:08 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: thefactor

No Cheeling at Orimpokz!

You Cheel , Xi take 100 dollar US monee and mak no changee!

No say Engrish HIP HIP HOLAY!


4 posted on 01/15/2022 10:23:21 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: thefactor

In other words, do not enjoy yourself


5 posted on 01/15/2022 10:23:33 AM PST by roving
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To: thefactor

It is getting harder and harder to separate news from satire a’la the Babylon Bee


6 posted on 01/15/2022 10:24:53 AM PST by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: thefactor

Remember athletes, don’t take any of the posters as souvenirs, you’ll be arrested like Otto warmbier was


7 posted on 01/15/2022 10:25:39 AM PST by Bob434
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You want a glimpse of an Orwellian dystopian nightmare, watch the Olympics.

The olympics has already become TV spectacle and internal IOC corruption to an extreme degree, all fueled by money and politics.

Perhaps this could be the one that kills all public interest.

8 posted on 01/15/2022 10:26:03 AM PST by PGR88
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To: thefactor

And many will still pay to travel there and be abused. No, wait, most will be coming from DemocRAT run cities....so they are very used to being abused. Poor things. Let them cower, cringe, and beat themselves with strings of woven marijuana. It does give us things (not people) to feel superior to when we’re down.


9 posted on 01/15/2022 10:26:35 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: laplata

Freezing venues, outside, no foreign spectators, clapping only, masks firmly in place, a sea of red and white flags and jackets. What a disaster.


10 posted on 01/15/2022 10:28:04 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt )
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"Spectators from overseas won’t be allowed, though some area residents may be permitted to attend."

Looks like no one will be traveling there this year!

11 posted on 01/15/2022 10:30:02 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt )
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To: thefactor

I guess the athletes will be forbidden from breathing out, after breathing in. It’s the breathing out that spreads the disease.


12 posted on 01/15/2022 10:30:21 AM PST by adorno
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To: thefactor

Yes, a sickening and disgusting disaster. And our putrid media won’t show the real picture.


13 posted on 01/15/2022 10:31:11 AM PST by laplata
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To: roving

Note - booing is still perfectly fine.


14 posted on 01/15/2022 10:35:54 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: adorno

Ban both - breathing out to stop the spread, and ban breathing in to stop the infections.


15 posted on 01/15/2022 10:36:47 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: thefactor

Hands up—how many thought it was the Bee?

They should do what the Socialist Convention did and show their sensitivity to the people who get triggered by sensory overload by banning clapping as well—I think they all rubbed their fingers together.

Or just stay as far away from Communist China as physically possible.

Yeah, that.


16 posted on 01/15/2022 10:37:14 AM PST by _longranger81
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To: thefactor

I won’t be participating in any way.


17 posted on 01/15/2022 10:37:42 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: thefactor

How do you say, “Let’s go Brandon in Mandarin.” Do you suppose it sounds like, F**k Joe Biden”?


18 posted on 01/15/2022 10:39:02 AM PST by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: thefactor

‘Chinese officials are banning spectators from cheering during the upcoming games...’

and Tokyo banned all spectators, period...and we’re always being told that Orientals are the most intelligent and resouceful people in the world...


19 posted on 01/15/2022 10:44:51 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: thefactor

Sounds like a fun time.


20 posted on 01/15/2022 10:46:33 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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