According to Yahoo News, the only apparent prescription to those suffering from the fever is more "football."
In Japan, there was a screaming contest to see who could scream "Gooooooal!" and hold it for the longest amount of time. The winning time? Thirty-two seconds.
Stock markets across the world may feel a hit as attention turns to the World Cup, but it may be worse in some places than others.
While the day after the Super Bowl is usually a cause for concern for businesses across America, businesses across the world are anticipating an entire month of decreased productivity.
All across the world, large video screens will be set up in cities and stadiums allowing for fans of the world’s most popular game to get their fix from afar.
Australian scientists stationed in Antarctica will huddle around a radio to get a listen to their team’s Sunday match with Germany.
This is all tame when though you compare it to what Mexican soccer fans have done. In Mexico, avid soccer fans dressed the "Nino Dios" — a statue of Christ as a child, in the Mexican World Cup team’s game jersey.
Here in America, the World Cup isn’t going totally unnoticed. An article on wate.com in Knoxville, Tenn., posted the unexpected headline of “World Cup brings out the passion in Knoxville fans.”
Soccer fans also congregated in New York to watch the first day of competition on Friday.
While the symptoms may not be as severe as the rest of the world, it appears that Americans are starting to catch their very own strand of World Cup fever just in time for the American team’s opening tilt with England on Saturday.
