Why experts say the hantavirus outbreak is not another COVID
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When a cluster of hantavirus cases emerged aboard the M.V. Hondius, a Dutch polar expedition vessel sailing from Argentina toward the Canary Islands, it was the kind of news that triggers comparisons to the early days of COVID-19. An outbreak on a ship. People confined to cabins. Questions about docking. The World Health Organization is watching closely. But public health officials have been consistent: this is different, in ways that matter. What happened on
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