The International Olympics Committee declared the Tokyo Olympics officially closed, with officials claiming the Games were a success despite the pandemic. A closing ceremony with the theme “Worlds We Share”—and the rest of the Olympics—was held in the middle of a resurging COVID-19 pandemic and has been rejected by many Japanese citizens. At these Games, spectators were kept at bay. A patchwork of rules kept athletes masked and apart for much of medal ceremonies, yet saw them swapping bodily fluids in some venues. That was less about being remiss than about being real: Risks that could be mitigated were, but at the same time events had to go on. Meanwhile, ratings for the Games saw a considerable decline in ratings over the 2016 contests. NBC’s primetime coverage of the Tokyo Olympics on July 26 averaged 14.7 million viewers, which is a nearly 50 percent drop compared to the same night …