In a negative way they will focus on scandals of that sports personality as bad people and this will ruin their reputation and this will influence people not to trust or believe in what there doing.
Based on the question given this is the answer:
He thinks she is worried but optimistic about her husband's
health.
In the central theme of the story, it is given a fact that
the belief of superstitions is something to be afraid of, although people have
taken a wise decision to trust on medicinal treatments.