The hantavirus outbreak is prompting Covid flashbacks
WASHINGTON—The deadly outbreak of a rare strain of hantavirus on a cruise has generated echoes of the pandemic period, together with a reprise of a well-recognized drumbeat of questionable theories from social media personalities outstanding for his or her Covid-19 skepticism.
At the second, mockingly, the general public well being institution and the conspiracists difficult it really appear to agree on the large image: Hantavirus is not just like the Covid-19 virus, and for now, the chance to most people stays low.
But the velocity at which a handful of people that turned influential amid Covid-19 have begun recycling theories, from baseless strategies concerning the origin of the present outbreak to unproven remedies, illustrates a brand new actuality for any rising public well being risk.
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