A leading epidemiologist says may be impossible to proceed with the Tokyo Olympics. Dr. Jeffrey Engel of the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists says some difficult decisions are ahead for Japan as the postponed 2020 Olympics loom in just 10 weeks. Despite his alarm, Engel tells Around the Rings Editor Ed Hula that he believes the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics can still be held safely.

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