Rio Olympics

[JEBar]

the Rio Olympics is due to start this coming Friday .... just wondering how many of our folks will be following the coverage .. ?

 

[acamara]

I will be following but I fear that with the out break of the Zika Virus there and the deplorable conditions of the waterways, I wonder how many atheletes may decide to drop out in fear of the health conditions there.

 

[Coss]

I'll be watching a lot of it; everything else on TV is reruns.

 

[Chaz]

I am just going to watch the Olympics implode, Rio should never have gotten them. It was all about who bribed the IOC officials with the most money. Much like FIFA they are corrupt to the core.

 

[DigitalDan]

 

[Jeff Porter]

I may watch the track and field events. There is a Jeff Porter that I believe runs the hurdles for the USA. Extra special rooting for him!

Such a wide variety of sports, will be cool to see certain events like table tennis, soccer, swimming, rowing, handball, cycling, basketball, etc. The ones that I'll skip: beach volleyball, diving, golf, gymnastics, and synchronized swimming. lol

Not sure what the uproar is about the zika virus. If you are a woman and if you are pregnant, don't go to Rio. Otherwise, everyone else is ok, yes? Is the virus easily spread amongst humans, I haven't researched it.

 

[Ty]

I may watch the track and field events. There is a Jeff Porter that I believe runs the hurdles for the USA. Extra special rooting for him!

Such a wide variety of sports, will be cool to see certain events like table tennis, soccer, swimming, rowing, handball, cycling, basketball, etc. The ones that I'll skip: beach volleyball, diving, golf, gymnastics, and synchronized swimming. lol

Not sure what the uproar is about the zika virus. If you are a woman and if you are pregnant, don't go to Rio. Otherwise, everyone else is ok, yes? Is the virus easily spread amongst humans, I haven't researched it.

The problem is you can easily spread it to your significant other when you get back to the states. They won't even know they have it till they pop out a little headed kid.

 

[acamara]

Not sure what the uproar is about the zika virus. If you are a woman and if you are pregnant, don't go to Rio. Otherwise, everyone else is ok, yes? Is the virus easily spread amongst humans, I haven't researched it.

According to all the experts the Zika Virus does remain active in the Sperm for months so it is not dangerous to just pregnant mothers but to both male and female.

Experts suggest waiting at least 6 months after being in a potentially infected atea before attempting to have a child.

It is very dangerous but the news media have been down playing it till they found 14 ppl infected with the virus yesterday. Now the CDC has issued a travel advisory in some parts of Florida but not Brazil?

Crazy

 

[Coss]

I may watch the track and field events. There is a Jeff Porter that I believe runs the hurdles for the USA. Extra special rooting for him!

Such a wide variety of sports, will be cool to see certain events like table tennis, soccer, swimming, rowing, handball, cycling, basketball, etc. The ones that I'll skip: beach volleyball, diving, golf, gymnastics, and synchronized swimming. lol

Not sure what the uproar is about the zika virus. If you are a woman and if you are pregnant, don't go to Rio. Otherwise, everyone else is ok, yes? Is the virus easily spread amongst humans, I haven't researched it.

See, if you would have stayed out of here at the right times, and not said anything, we be asking if that was you!
And you could just play coy and come up with something like "I don't like bragging" and "been running hurdles since HS" or something like that.

 

[Elio Amazed]

My understanding is that a large number of world athletes will not be attending.
And of course the Russians didn't have a choice in the matter.
Will the results be the same? Of course not.
Will I feel the same if I watch?
Probably not.