Dr. Céline Goundermedical correspondent, CBS News · physician, epidemiologist, medical journalist

Everyone's Worried About the Wrong Virus at the World Cup | celinegounder.com

Name: Everyone's Worried About the Wrong Virus at the World Cup | celinegounder.com
Uploaded: 2026-05-17T05:18:39+00:00
Duration: 52 s
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Description: Dr. Céline Gounder says measles, not Ebola or hantavirus, is the real infectious-disease threat at the World Cup. A massive outbreak in Bangladesh could…

17 May 2026 · 1 min

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Dr. Céline Gounder says measles, not Ebola or hantavirus, is the real infectious-disease threat at the World Cup. A massive outbreak in Bangladesh could spread through the influx of international visitors, and the U.S. is less prepared than other host nations.

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I think measles is actually the biggest threat related to the World Cup. We have this massive outbreak in Bangladesh, you know, and so on. We're— we have real vulnerability here in the US. It's not going to be hantavirus. I don't think it's going to be Ebola. We have a lot of people coming from all over the world that we're hosting. We're not really preparing for it the way other countries have. I've been doing a deep dive into what's happening on that kind of preparedness. I've talked to Ziad Nemesh, who organizes preparedness for the Hajj. I've talked to people who do preparedness for prior Olympics, prior World Cups. I think we've broken it down to be city and state and county responding now.