「感染大拡散行事」( Super spreader)
18日発出のBCC英文発信をお届けいたします。 五輪を開催したした場合と中止した場合の損得は自明であり、 「感染大拡散行事」の開催が後日世界各国から責められることは日本の名誉を傷つけるもので、歴史的過ちである。内外の市民社会は反対に立ち上がっており、歴史の法則はその結果を予見することを可能にしている旨指摘しました。
村田光平 (元駐スイス大使)
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Dear Friend,
Preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Games are under way with the determination to avoid the nightmare of Japan becoming a “super spreader” of increasing Indian variants. The highest level of discipline is required to attain the targets, which is, however, widely considered humanly impossible.
The abnormal insistence on holding the Games as planned is motivated by the desire to avoid the huge economic loss the cancellation could bring about. The decision makers are committing a fatal error by not comparing the consequences of the two conflicting decisions.
The huge economic loss the cancellation could bring about is incomparable with the unimaginable damage, financial and moral, imposed on the eventual “super spreader” of Corona variants. It will be considered as a historic mistake damaging the honor of Japan.
Civil society, both Japanese and international, is standing up against this unjustifiable mistake.
The law of history allows us to foresee the outcome.
Please allow me to count on your understanding and support.
With warmest and highest regards.
Mitsuhei Murata Former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland
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