Monday, May 30, 2016

RIO WILL NOT END WELL

wouldn't it be nice to have a time machine and go back to the first Olympics? a lot has happened since then. Greece went bankrupt. among other things. but for those of us who do not have the time, patience, talent and perverseness to write a book vs. dashing out a screed, here are a few thoughts on the upcoming 2016 event in Brazil which gives me pause;

1)  there is barely a functioning government.

2) the facilities and infrastructure are suspect. this is often the case as they run out of time and money and slap most of it together just before the torch gets lit. the bridge that collapsed after an ocean wave gives pause

3) pollution. i happen to be a sailor. the water off of Rio is full of raw sewage and is a petri dish of bad stuff. i hope none of the competitors catch something really bad.

4) ZIKA. neither WHO or CDC will try to call this off. i understand sunk costs and vested interests and maybe they know what they are talking about. but it doesn't sound right. millions of people from all over the world are coming to Brazil and then going home. while it has been said that zika is coming, to the US and other places, no matter what, why throw gasoline on the fire? they are not suppressing mosquitoes effectively in Brazil and Olympics will create carriers and transmission

and there will be sex. check out the stats at the amount of sex that takes place at the Olympics. there will be an all time record of 450,000 condoms distributed to the 8255 athletes coming to the games.this includes 100,000 so called female condoms but still adds up to 500 per athlete. what stamina? how do they have any energy left for sport?

anyhow there will be a lot of sex. and Zika can be spread by sex. and the birth defects are horrific.

so lets not get in the way of the passion and the money.

lets have a party and spread ZIKA


1 comment:

bruce's blog said...

i was wrong. for the most part. Zika didnt seem to be a problem. i still wouldnt want to swim or sail in that water. the infrastructure was late, not complete and will probably deteriorate;
but
they pulled off a good Olympics. dont think it will have a positive ROI for them but we will see