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As I am writing today's daily article, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics

will begin shortly.

The event starts on July 23rd at 8 p.m. local time at the National Stadium in Tokyo, which

is 6 a.m. where I live in Dallas, Texas.

Around 5 to 6,000 athletes from more than 200 countries are expected

to join the parade of nations, symbolic of the Olympics' ability to unite the world around achievement in sports.

Here's what won't be at the opening ceremonies. Spectators. Because of the coronavirus pandemic,

just 950 stakeholders will be attending. This will be

the first Olympic Games without spectators in history. Olympians are already expressing concern

about what it will be like to compete without family and fans in the stands. For example,

U.S. gymnast superstar Simone Biles said, I like to feed off the

crowd. I'm a little bit worried about how I'll do under those circumstances. However, the Wall Street

Journal is reporting that some of us feel just the opposite. After more than a year of sealing themselves off from others,

many people are struggling to re-enter society. The phenomenon is so common that it has its own name.

Cave syndrome. Fear of going out in public is understandable. Gunfire erupted in Washington, D.C. last night, wounding two men.

COVID-19 cases are spiking nationwide as vaccinations slow and the Delta variant spreads.

U.S. health officials say they have evidence of an untreatable fungus in a Washington, D.C. nursing

home and two Dallas area hospitals.

Forbes is reporting that a hospital employee in San Diego allegedly stole the identities of dying

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