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Sympthsical

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5. The media are being ridiculous, and social media are being ignorant

Reply to C Moon (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 08:09 AM

May 12

It's quite a brew. Scientist after doctor after researcher has been exhaustively out there explaining why this isn't really a thing.

But no. People read things on the Internet and news media smell ratings.

Jon Stewart took them all to task last night.

It is weird watching "Trust the science!" people discard the science because they love their addiction to anxiety more at this point.

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Curious about thoughts on the Hantavirus. [View all] C Moon May 12 OP

Only the one person in isolation has the communicable form of the disease. Melon May 12 #1

It's been in the US for some time Retrograde May 12 #2

That's a different version of hanta virus than the one from the cruise ship.. wnylib May 12 #7

There are variants, the one from SA can be spread human to human yaesu May 12 #3

I went back through the timeline of the outbreak GreatGazoo May 12 #4

Wow! Amazing work. Thank you. C Moon May 12 #10

The media are being ridiculous, and social media are being ignorant Sympthsical May 12 #5

That and not being in the wolrd health organization Johonny May 12 #6

Anti-vaxxers now starting to say this hantavirus is side effect of the Covid vaccine... chia May 12 #8

Oh gawd. It figures. C Moon May 12 #9