As the number of confirmed hantavirus cases from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius reaches 9, social media users firmly revived Covid-19 era conspiracy theories of “bioweapons” and “plandemics,” making the online rhetoric feel eerily familiar. Among these resurrected theories, the name of American billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has once again emerged.
Covid-era conspiracy theories accuse Bill Gates of ‘creating’ hantavirus outbreak
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Mon 15:46 - France 24
Inside the science of hantavirus transmission: 'Virus not known for human-to-human transmission'
Wed 11:26 - El Pais
This is the Andes virus, the only hantavirus strain that is transmitted from person to person
Thu 03:30 - El Pais
How has hantavirus been transmitted? Boat Outbreak Visual Explanation
Thu 13:31 - El Mundo (ES)
How did hantavirus get on the ship? Experts are betting on the hypothesis that the virus "came" on board
Thu 13:35 - El Pais
A 2018 outbreak on a birthday with 11 deaths shows that the Andean hantavirus is not only transmitted by close contact
Thu 20:59 - El Mundo (ES)
The eight confirmed cases of hantavirus show that very close contact is not necessary for contagion
Fri 03:30 - El Pais
Gustavo Palacios, hantavirus expert from the Andes: “This pathogen is more virulent and there can be chain infections”
Fri 09:27 - ANSA Mondo
KLM flight attendant tested negative for hantavirus
Fri 14:00 - El Mundo (ES)
Isolation with negative pressure and tests every 24 hours: this is the protocol for action in the event of suspected cases of hantavirus, such as the one detected in Alicante
Fri 20:51 - El Mundo (ES)
The suspicious case in Alicante threatens the hantavirus siege
Sat 10:55 - El Mundo (ES)
The Catalan woman who had contact with the Dutch woman who died from hantavirus is admitted asymptomatic to the Hospital Clínic
Sat 13:49 - El Pais
Breaking news on the hantavirus outbreak, live | Italy monitors four people for possible contact with a person who died from hantavirus
Sat 15:52 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Hantavirus: What makes the virus dangerous – and how much concern is justified
Sat 20:47 - El Mundo (ES)
The epic of the Repettos, the first confined by the hantavirus in Tristan da Acuña and Santa Elena, the islands of eternal confinement
Mon 10:31 - DW All
Endemic, epidemic, pandemic: What's the difference?
Mon 10:31 - DW Top
Endemic, epidemic, pandemic: What's the difference?
Mon 13:38 - La Libre (BE)
Why hantavirus is “not a new Covid”, according to experts
Mon 13:44 - DW All
Hantavirus: How it differs from COVID
Mon 13:44 - DW Top
Hantavirus: How it differs from COVID
Mon 22:01 - The Hill
Hantavirus outbreak: Who is most at risk of catching the deadly virus?
Tue 04:04 - Aftenposten (NO)
Viruses know no boundaries
Tue 04:35 - La Libre (BE)
Symptoms, transmission, quarantine, risk of epidemic…: ten things to know about hantavirus
Tue 04:40 - Le Figaro
A year ago, the hantavirus already caused the death of Gene Hackman's wife
Tue 06:03 - SVT Nyheter (SE)
Government: Hantavirus will not cause a new pandemic
Tue 09:35 - BBC Headlines
No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency
Tue 09:53 - France 24
How France works to beat the hantavirus chain of transmission
Tue 10:31 - Le Figaro
Where does the word “hantavirus” come from?
Tue 10:43 - DW All
'Work not over,' says WHO after hantavirus evacuation
Tue 10:43 - DW Top
'Work not over,' says WHO after hantavirus evacuation
Tue 11:59 - Euronews
'Smear campaign': Ushuaia rejects claims it was ground zero for Hantavirus outbreak
Tue 12:49 - The Hill
Hantavirus and COVID: How are they different?
Tue 13:52 - Al Jazeera English
Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from COVID-19
Tue 20:12 - France 24
Covid-era conspiracy theories accuse Bill Gates of ‘creating’ hantavirus outbreak