Amid Covid fears, Tokyo Olympic Games' torch relay kicks off. It should be extinguished. The spectacle risks sacrificing public health on the altar of an Olympic tradition — one established by the Nazis, no less. Yoshihide Muroya, Japanese aerobatics pilot and race pilot, carries the Olympic torch in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on Thursday.Issei Kato / Reuters
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