Hantavirus Will Test If the World Learned Anything from Covid The recent outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship has brought back memories of the early days of the Covid 19 pandemic, when public health experts were criticized for being too slow to respond and too quick to downplay the risks.
Officials are now sounding confident about containing the virus, but some observers point out that they seem to be repeating the same mistakes. The comparison between hantavirus and Covid 19 is more than superficial.
While scientists initially unfamiliar with SARS CoV 2 have been studying hantavirus for over 30 years, there's still much they don't know about the virus, including how easily it spreads from person to person.