COVID-19 & US healthcare system

[Norgarth]

Meanwhile, Canada seems to have single-handedly cancelled the Olympics this year.

Well, somebody had to, and the IOC and Japan weren't doing anything. So we did what needed to be done.

Meh, we just made it official.  How many countries would actually have taken the time and effort to send teams anyways?  How many athletes would have been willing to go, risk catching Covid19, perform in front of empty stadiums, and have to go through quarantine when they got back again?

On the topic of paying people to sit around just in case you need them, isn't that basically what the military does? Sit around not doing much besides training until they're needed?