He is important in US circles and a great writer. The tweets you guys quote are from Americans.
But for the Qatari point of view, is he really important enough to kill over criticism that is not as bad as others? There's a lot of jumping to conclusions online.
He was complaining of bronchitis on his podcast. There's also been a flu going around, the TSN crews got it. It's just really sad that illness is serious and you can die suddenly from conditions or overwork.
https://grantwahl.substack.com/p/world-cup-daily-day-22
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My body finally broke down on me. Three weeks of little sleep, high stress and lots of work can do that to you. What had been a cold over the last 10 days turned into something more severe on the night of the USA-Netherlands game, and I could feel my upper chest take on a new level of pressure and discomfort. I didn’t have Covid (I test regularly here), but I went into the medical clinic at the main media center today, and they said I probably have bronchitis. They gave me a course of antibiotics and some heavy-duty cough syrup, and I’m already feeling a bit better just a few hours later. But still: No bueno.
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