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Hantavirus will test if the world learned anything from Covid

The cruise ship MV Hondius, initial site of the hantavirus outbreak. | Europa Press via Getty Images Almost as soon as the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius became international news, public health experts rushed to assuage the public: This is not Covid-19. Don’t worry — this is a virus that requires “close contact” to spread. The risk of a pandemic is quite low. But if this apparent certainty from public health leaders amid another emergent health crisis made you recall the earliest days of the Covid-19 emergency, you’re not alone. In February and March of 2020, healt...