Is there a COVID outbreak at the Olympics? 6 athletes test positive in less than 1 week

today ^ | 07/29/2024 | Caroline Kee

[ChicagoConservative27]

Several athletes competing at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, including five Australian water polo players and a British swimmer, have tested positive for COVID-19, according to officials. The uptick in cases has raised questions around the measures in place to stop the spread of COVID at the Olympics.

This year's Games are considered the first post-pandemic Olympics. Unlike the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, there are no strict protocols or restrictions around COVID-19 in Paris.

However, COVID-19 is still spreading around the world. The United States is facing a summer wave, and the virus is also spreading in Europe, including in the Olympic Village.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Lock it down ASAP. (S)

[HIDEK6]

Oh for God’s sake.

[DoodleBob]

The solution is simple.

Wear masks in the pool.

Duh….

[NorthMountain]

Are they having a wuhan virus problem of a VD problem?

[blueunicorn6]

Oh no!

I hope this doesn’t hurt the skateboard relay team!

[V_TWIN]

Excessive rain, human waste in the river stopping the triathlon swimming, food issues and now covid.

Only 6 more plagues to go.

God will not be mocked.

[FLNittany]

Shut it down! Can’t wait to see swimmers wearing masks.

[House Atreides]

Six positive Covid test results out of THOUSANDS of athletes and coaches at the Olympics does NOT equal an “outbreak”.

[MinorityRepublican]

6 athletes out of 11,000?

[blackdog]

Are they sick?

[frogjerk]

Someone has a cold at the Olympics, OK got it...

[Billthedrill]

That’s it. Close the borders and burn the country to the ground. To hell with the carbon footprint.

[cp124]

The opening was the closing for me.

[SamAdams76]

Yes, I think we need to lock it all down again.

Everybody mask up and keep six feet away.

Supermarkets and liquor stores still open though.

Put the ballot drop boxes in place at all the Starbucks locations and let's get them filled to the brim!

[V_TWIN]

[2nd Amendment]

Vaccinate them! Vaccinate them until they drop dead from myocarditis. This is what the CDC, The WHO, and the NIH says!

[pfflier]

You get 1000s from around the world, six are sick and it’s time to panic?

[BenLurkin]

There must be bodies everywhere.

[al_c]

There are around 11,000 athletes there. Doesn’t sound like much of an outbreak to me.

[AndyTheBear]

There is a stupidity outbreak in people that care about whether a few people test positive for an ubiquitous virus.