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Fact-checking viral conspiracy theories about Hantavirus
As the world saw with 19, the only thing that spreads faster than a virus is misinformation, and Hantavirus is no exception. Despite only a few confirmed cases, conspiracy theories have swirled on social media falsely. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include Wired, France 24.
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Fact-checking viral conspiracy theories about Hantavirus
As the world saw with 19, the only thing that spreads faster than a virus is misinformation, and Hantavirus is no exception. Despite only a few confirmed cases, conspiracy theories have swirled on social media falsely claiming Hantavirus is a planned pandemic, or a ploy to disrupt the US midterm elections. Others.
Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories Are Already Spreading Online
Conspiracy theorists, wellness influencers , and grifters have already started promoting wild claims about the hantavirus outbreak that began aboard the MV Hondius , a cruise ship on the Atlantic. Some conspiracy theorists compared the outbreak to the Covid-19 pandemic , claiming it was another effort to control the.