Polymarket Spreads Sensationalist Garbage About Hantavirus Case in U.S.
A suspected hantavirus case involving a high school student in New York has been reported, but health officials emphasize there is no cause for alarm. The case is considered mild and has no known connection to a recent outbreak on a cruise ship. Experts clarify that hantavirus is not spread person-to-person, and the situation is being monitored closely.
- ▪A suspected hantavirus case in New York is mild and unrelated to a recent cruise ship outbreak.
- ▪The hantavirus in the U.S. is primarily contracted through contact with rodents, not from person to person.
- ▪Health experts are not overly concerned about hantavirus spreading widely, as it is not a novel virus and is difficult to transmit.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
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Did you see a tweet from Polymarket that a suspected hantavirus case has been reported involving a high school student in New York? It’s technically true. But there’s more to the story and no reason for Americans to freak out about this particular case. cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000759404","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"cryptocurrencies","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"cryptocurrencies,tech","TAGS":"hantaviruses,pandemics,polymarket","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Many people around the world are on edge after hantavirus infected at least 11 people on a cruise ship,…
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