The Rio Olympics and the Zika Virus

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got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

Inferior Third Season posted:

He famously hung out a lot with the poor, disease-ridden, and prostitutes. And then they have that huge statue of him. I think Rio is putting in a bid to host the Second Coming.

Zika's gonna be the rapture

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got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

Lid posted:

Less than a week before the 2016 Rio Olympics are set to start, the Brazil Ministry of Justice terminated its contract with a private firm that was supposed to provide security for the games. The ministry cited “incompetence and irresponsibility” from the Rio de Janeiro-based firm Artel, and moved to strip them of their duties.

It’s not hard to see why the Ministry of Justice reacted so harshly. With only a few days left until the first venues are set to open, Artel admitted that they have only hired 500 security personnel.

They were supposed to hire 3,400.

These staff members were going to be responsible for screening visitors outside each Olympic venue. X-ray machines and body searches are now going to be handled by local police forces to secure areas that are expected to have tens of thousands of screaming fans.

So now they don't even have the 500 guards? That's stupid.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2016 23:32

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

Yinlock posted:

I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that they feel that it's totally okay to hold an international event in the middle of a virus outbreak.

I guess I'm just being paranoid though, what about inviting people from all over the world to a place with a fairly debilitating virus that apparently also attacks the reproductive system and has multiple avenues of infection could possibly go wrong?

EDIT: To take it to a hyperbolic extreme, it's like "Welcome to the International Games held in AIDStown, the town where everyone has and contracts the dangerous HIV virus. Also there's no law, because at this point gently caress it."

Tom Clancy had that as a villain's plan in Rainbow 6

# ¿ Aug 3, 2016 01:51

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

Marenghi posted:

They definitely did a good thing jailing him. Ireland had no interest in prosecuting prior to Brazil's actions.

It should be noted the man they arrested was Russia's biggest defender from being banned from the Olympics. Seen here with Putin just over a year ago.

What kind of lovely fistbump is that?

# ¿ Aug 23, 2016 02:18

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