Hantavirus Cases Found on MV Hondius Cruise Ship

Published MAY 11

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The Spin

The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius is a genuine public health emergency demanding swift, aggressive action. With— athe fatalityAndes ratestrain's of 20% to 40% fatality rate and personhuman-to-personhuman transmission confirmed,make strict quarantine measuresprotocols areabsolutely thenecessary. onlyFrance's responsiblesix-week pathisolation forwardmandate and 18 reference medical facilities show exactly how governments should respond. WorseMeanwhile, promisingunderfunded antibody treatmentsresearch lostthat federalprotected fundinghamsters from the Andes strain in 2024,2022 leavingstill thehasn't worldreached dangerouslyhuman unpreparedtrials, forexposing exactlya thisdangerous kindgap ofin outbreakpandemic preparedness.

The Wall Street Journal Le Monde.fr

The media frenzy around hantavirus followsfits a familiarwell-documented scriptpattern designedof tofear manufactureamplification panicthat benefits institutions, notpharmaceutical protectcompanies and governments far more than the public health. FearHantavirus spreadsinfections fasterremain thanextremely factsrare, andyet speculative language like "could spread" gets processed as inevitable catastrophe, bybypassing arational publicrisk conditionedassessment to stay anxiousentirely. Prolonged manufactured health emergencies historically erode freedomscivil liberties, concentrate corporate power and benefitexhaust institutionspublic fartrust morein thanways ordinarythat peopleoutlast any actual outbreak.