The media is reporting that people exposed to the hantavirus have disembarked from a cruise ship and are just roaming the earth freely now, ready to infect you too! Should you panic?
Well, let’s back up.
The story goes that people who have “tested positive” for the virus were let off the ship and traveled back to their home countries.
But what do we actually know about hantavirus testing? Does it have the same reliability problems and classification confusion that surrounded Covid testing?
Hantavirus tests are specialized diagnostics, usually performed only on hospitalized patients or in targeted public health investigations. Early outbreak reporting also tends to blur the distinction between confirmed, suspected, and precautionary cases. So when headlines imply infected passengers are scattering across the globe, it’s fair to ask how many cases are actually lab-confirmed.
A few other things to note:
First, the social media presence and sourcing of this outbreak is….strange.
Next, hantavirus is not commonly known to spread between humans. If it is doing that now, that could indicate that the virus has been manipulated. Sound familiar?
Also, hantavirus is an RNA virus which means that ivermectin could be a possible therapeutic, according to some doctors. Will the government prevent us from exploring this again like it did during the Covid pandemic?
And finally, Moderna has been working on a vaccine for hantavirus since 2024.
Make of that what you will.
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