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CNN: Hantavirus is not Covid-19, but ‘calm-mongering’ risks triggering post-Covid anxiety
Federal officials say the risk to the public remains low as investigators assess possible person-to-person spread and expect more cases to be identified.
- On Sunday, 18 passengers returned to the United States from the cruise ship Hondius, where HHS announced one person tested 'mildly PCR positive' for the Andes strain of hantavirus.
- Unlike typical hantavirus infections from rat droppings, the Andes strain transmits between humans; WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted Thursday that transmission requires 'close and prolonged contact.'
- Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo of the Brown University Pandemic Center explained the virus's incubation period can reach two months, providing a 'runway to try to find somebody' exposed before symptoms develop.
- Monday, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said 'We have this under control,' yet crisis communication expert Peter Sandman warned overly confident messaging risks undermining public trust.
- Both the CDC and the World Health Organization maintain the risk to the general public remains low, though officials expect more cases to be identified as contact tracing continues.
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Hantavirus will test if the world learned anything from Covid
The cruise ship MV Hondius, initial site of the hantavirus outbreak. | Europa Press via Getty Images Almost as soon as the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius became international news, public health experts rushed to assuage the public: This is not Covid-19. Don’t worry — this is a virus that requires “close contact” to spread. The risk of a pandemic is quite low. But if this apparent certainty from public health leaders amid ano…
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Hantavirus is not Covid-19, but ‘calm-mongering’ risks triggering post-Covid anxiety
Since the first sign of an outbreak, the reminders have come from government officials, health agencies and plenty of experts: There’s no reason to worry. Don’t panic. It’s under control.
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