The issue here is less about “lack of warning” and more about a lack of practical consequences. Both health organizations and World Cup organizers seem too confident that general vaccination campaigns and basic recommendations will be enough, when in reality an event of this scale requires much more aggressive and preventive coordination.
There’s a sense that public health is being treated reactively, only stepping in after problems emerge, instead of being fully integrated into the planning of the event from the start. Meanwhile, the World Cup continues to be promoted as a global spectacle without fully accounting for the public health burden it creates.
In the end, the risk is not just measles itself, but this disconnect between those organizing the event and those responsible for ensuring it does not become a public health crisis.
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