And it also occurs to me that, like, the Olympics is kind of the perfect superspreader event. I mean, think partly because people were starting to get a little bit complacent about it, but also they weren’t getting vaccinated. And so when it came to the Olympics, I think people were starting to get genuinely angry. archived recording They’re chanting for the Olympics to be canceled. So they’re kind of damned if they don’t and maybe damned if they do.

Source: International New York Times July 16, 2021 09:00 UTC