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Hantavirus Outbreak Empties MV Hondius; 3 Dead

Hantavirus Outbreak Empties MV Hondius; 3 Dead

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The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius exposes a global health system that still isn't ready to handle cross-border disease threats. Passengers from 23 nationalities scattered across the world before a coherent response was even in place, and the WHO lacks the authority to enforce consistent quarantine or monitoring. Six years after COVID-19, the world is making the same fragmented, politically driven mistakes all over again.

The hantavirus outbreak is being hyped far beyond what the actual risk warrants, and that fear serves powerful financial interests. The WHO's biggest donor has deep ties to Moderna, which has been developing a hantavirus mRNA vaccine since 2023 — and a vaccine market needs a scared public. Hantavirus infects roughly one person per 10 million in the U.S. annually, and human-to-human spread remains extremely rare.


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