Regarding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Chairman Omi of the government subcommittee will manage the Games with due consideration of risk, saying that if the Games are held during the summer vacation and Obon festival, the flow of people will increase and the risk of infection will increase. He showed the idea that he needed to.
At the House of Representatives Welfare and Labor Committee on the 11th, Chairman Omi of the government subcommittee said, "The number of people in Tokyo is already increasing little by little, and if the state of emergency is lifted, it will accelerate further from the experience so far. , Summer vacation, Obon, homecoming, and the influence of mutant strains, and if the Olympics and Paralympics are held on that basis, there is a risk of infection. "
On top of that, "If the national government or the Organizing Committee holds a convention, it is important to be fully aware of such risks and to have people cooperate with them. It is important to manage the risks and it is difficult. It is important to prevent this from happening, "he said, and expressed the idea that it is necessary to manage the tournament with due consideration for risk.
In addition, regarding the desire to convey opinions on infection risk to the parties concerned, "It is the role to show the objective risks, not the emotions, what kind of risks there are, and let the parties concerned decide based on that. That's important. "