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senseandsensibility

(25,503 posts) Sun May 10, 2026, 06:58 PM May 10

So the trump administration went on Sunday shows to say that the Hantavirus is not spread

by coughing and sneezing, but by "close physical contact". But just now an expert on exposure assessment science from Harvard University said on MSNOW that it is spread through the air and not just close physical contact.

I wonder who to trust. The trump administration or Joseph Allen, an expert from Harvard. It is a dilemma, isn't it?

This expert also said that he thinks the threat is low to the general public, so I was glad to hear that.

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So the trump administration went on Sunday shows to say that the Hantavirus is not spread (Original Post) senseandsensibility May 10 OP

Never, ever trust the Trump Administration. surfered May 10 #1

How could we? sheshe2 May 10 #4

Ya know the shithole administration rarely..... Lovie777 May 10 #2

I really really don't need another pandemic. mr715 May 10 #3

stick a UV light up your butt... ret5hd May 10 #5

Surprisingly, This Strain Is Transmitted.... ProfessorGAC May 10 #6

From the WHO misanthrope May 10 #7

Get bleach ready. Sneederbunk May 10 #8

surfered

(14,272 posts)

1. Never, ever trust the Trump Administration.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 07:00 PM

May 10

sheshe2

(98,439 posts)

4. How could we?

Reply to surfered (Reply #1)

Sun May 10, 2026, 07:33 PM

May 10

COVID under trump

FEMA sent refrigerator trucks to NY to house the dead.

Mass Graves in NY

trump said it would just go away

Lovie777

(23,721 posts)

2. Ya know the shithole administration rarely.....

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 07:11 PM

May 10

tell truths and will spin the shit out of it.

mr715

(4,152 posts)

3. I really really don't need another pandemic.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 07:31 PM

May 10

ret5hd

(22,588 posts)

5. stick a UV light up your butt...

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 07:38 PM

May 10

and see if that gives your thoughts any illumination!

ProfessorGAC

(77,270 posts)

6. Surprisingly, This Strain Is Transmitted....

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 07:39 PM

May 10

...P2P by aerosols.
Until another DUer pointed me to a recent article saying this South American strain is transmitted by air (very unusual mutation), i thought it was still rodent to human.
Learned this change had taken place just a couple days ago.
As usual, The Failure's minions are not as informed as they pretend to be.

misanthrope

(9,627 posts)

7. From the WHO

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #6)

Sun May 10, 2026, 08:16 PM

May 10

https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599

Sneederbunk

(17,638 posts)

8. Get bleach ready.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 08:29 PM

May 10

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