‘Anti-Sex’ Beds in the Olympic Village? A Social Media Theory Is Soon Debunked - The New York Times

The coronavirus has forced a number of social distancing measures at the Summer Games, but the recyclable cardboard beds provided by organizers are not one of them.

Competitors arriving at the Tokyo Olympics have discovered something unusual about the beds in the athletes’ village: They’re made of cardboard.

Organizers say it is the first time that the beds at the Games will be made almost entirely out of renewable materials.

Paul Chelimo, an American distance runner, speculated on Twitter that the beds were unable to support more than one person and were “aimed at avoiding intimacy among athletes.” Soon the beds were being labeled on social media as “anti-sex.”.