Public health experts are concerned about Japan hosting a superspreader event next month due to low Covid vaccination rates. This is despite the fact that Japan has only 9 percent of its population, according the World Health Organization. Because of the pandemic, the games were rescheduled for next summer.Although plans for the delegation are still being drawn up, Jill Biden could lead it.The U.S. delegation to South Korea for 2018 Winter Olympics was led by Mike Pence, the second lady, and Karen Pence. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump took the helm at the closing ceremonies.Obama did not attend the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. Instead, he sent John Kerry, his secretary-of-state, to lead the U.S. delegation. William Burns, Deputy Secretary, was the highest ranking member of the Obama administration for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The U.S. delegation also included two openly gay athletes, Billie Jean King, and Caitlin Cahow. They were prominently sent to a country that has overt discrimination against homosexual citizens.
