In Charles M. Schulz’s “You’re a Winner Charlie Brown!” Linus breaks a lamp. Apparently hurting the most are Filipino athletes who had been aiming for glory in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but who have not secured berths in the quadrennial games. Also at this writing, Tokyo is adamantly dismissing suggestions that the 2020 Olympic Games be postponed, with the hope, perhaps, that a vaccine against the coronavirus would be developed before July. Also, perhaps, Japan, the first Asian country to host the Olympic Games in 1964, wants to be known as also the first Asian country to hold it for the second time. But then health is wealth and the coronavirus is a medical issue that the organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics can’t — shouldn’t — sacrifice before the altar of commerce.

Source: Manila Times February 18, 2020 21:11 UTC