Black Panther 1,583 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/ap-rio-olympic-water-worse-than-thought-viral-equivalent-of-raw-sewage/ar-AAfWUaf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banaari 27 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I feel for the guys involved - four years preparation, and then what - do you pull the pin? Take the punt you won't get a superbug? Jesus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Waa waa waa, poor professional athletes, waa waa waa Don't worry about the people that have to live there. We have wastewater systems in NZ to prevent risk to public health. That is so infants and children don't die of dysentery and other preventable diseases. Diseases we don't normally hear of in NZ, because we have 'prevented' them (the definition of a preventable disease). It's real basic infrastructure engineering with very clear benefits to the health of the community. Doesn't cost much. Shame they couldn't spend the cost of hosting the Olympics and all the associated corporate sponsorship and broadcasting rights in something that was useful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 352 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I have just returned from Brasil and the economy there is totally stuffed. There is no money left in the government coffers for anything. Price of power has doubled in a couple of years, people cannot afford basic food items, car manufacturers have had production lines stopped for months, many many people out of work, official inflation running at 10% which means real inflation is whole lot more. The Soccer World Cup and Olympics were bought by Lula (previous corrupt president) during the good times and as usual the politicians and the construction contractors have managed to siphon off a good deal of the money. They should hold the sailing events at Buzios or IlhaBela, both much better locations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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