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senseandsensibility

(25,452 posts)
Sun May 10, 2026, 06:58 PM 22 hrs ago

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 22 hrs ago OP
Never, ever trust the Trump Administration. surfered 22 hrs ago #1
How could we? sheshe2 21 hrs ago #4
Ya know the shithole administration rarely..... Lovie777 22 hrs ago #2
I really really don't need another pandemic. mr715 21 hrs ago #3
Post removed Post removed 21 hrs ago #5
Surprisingly, This Strain Is Transmitted.... ProfessorGAC 21 hrs ago #6
From the WHO misanthrope 21 hrs ago #7
Get bleach ready. Sneederbunk 21 hrs ago #8

sheshe2

(98,310 posts)
4. How could we?
Sun May 10, 2026, 07:33 PM
21 hrs ago

COVID under trump

FEMA sent refrigerator trucks to NY to house the dead.


Mass Graves in NY



trump said it would just go away




Response to senseandsensibility (Original post)

ProfessorGAC

(77,192 posts)
6. Surprisingly, This Strain Is Transmitted....
Sun May 10, 2026, 07:39 PM
21 hrs ago

...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.

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