As World Cup fans cheer at the quarterfinals, concerns remain about the health of Norway’s players, several of whom are recovering from what turned out to be mild illness. Other international players had expressed concern earlier about measles in the Americas.
The tournament has highlighted risks related to the volume and fluidity of global travel. From Norway’s elite, handsomely paid squad to the millions of fans congregating at Fan Fests across Canada and the Americas, the quadrennial tournament exposes our interconnected health vulnerabilities.
