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senseandsensibility

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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 [View all]

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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