Olympic COVID restrictions are gone, but some athletes are still self-quarantining
February 9, 2026
Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
"When members of the U.S. women's cross-country ski team walked into a news conference in a packed room at the start of the Olympics, each of them wore a mask. Jessie Diggins, the team's top athlete, said the same rules apply if she's inside with her husband, who's staying not with Diggins at the Olympics, but with family....
in China, a positive coronavirus test could put athletes in an isolation hotel...
Things aren't that serious this time around. But athletes in cross-country skiing are among the most susceptible to respiratory viruses, and many are being extra cautious to stay healthy during the most important competitions of their lives.
Not only are many skiers and coaches wearing masks indoors, but America's cross-country team, and some from Scandinavia, have dispensed with the Olympic Village altogether and are renting out their own hotels, where they can avoid busy cafeterias and control who comes in and out...."
LINK:https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2026/02/09/olympic-covid-restrictions-are-gone-but-some-athletes-are-still-self-quarantining&
LINK:https://www.npr.org/2026/02/09/nx-s1-5702394/olympic-covid-restrictions-are-gone-but-some-athletes-still-self-quarantiningCOMMENT: BRAVO!
Olympians taking safety matters into their own hands! True Winners! True Olympians in my opinion. Refreshing to see athletes who are playing it more safer and taking charge of protecting themselves and loved ones! Thinking ahead of the game!
At the same time just the mere statement(maybe the reporter got this wrong about Olympics not having a policy in regards to covid?): "Olympic COVID restrictions are gone" as it just seems crazy, downright disgusting, irresponsible, masochistic & bizarre to not try to. restrict a disease and have no rules, no backup plans, or policy in place to prevent covid & long covid from spreading! Talk about a lack of a code of ethics and lack of duty towards society as a whole. It's just lowdown and a lack of love towards everybody to not have any rules in place about covid and diseases if you are holding a mass gathering.
