
Why is the world panicking about hantavirus?
S1E18 · 2026-05-07 · 6 min
Several cruise passengers died after developing severe respiratory symptoms and tested positive for a rare hantavirus; while it evokes pandemic fears, WHO says hantaviruses spread far less easily than SARS-CoV-2 and this does not signal the start of a new pandemic.
The show’s own verdict is on its page.