About 100 American Olympians were unvaccinated at last summer's Tokyo Games.
A Winter Olympics display in Tian'anmen Square, Beijing, China, on Thursday. Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images
All of the roughly 240 American athletes going to next month's Beijing Winter Olympic Games have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Team USA's top doctorThere was no vaccine requirement for American Olympians at last year's Summer Games in Tokyo, andThe U.S. Olympic and Paralympic CommitteeWhat they're saying:
Jonathan Finnoff, chief medical officer of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, told AP a combination of education from the governing body and the 21-day quarantine requirement for unvaccinated participants in Beijing "really resonated with the athletes."Go deeper
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