90-Second Read: Truth or Fake - Fact-checking viral conspiracy theories about Hantavirus

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. Many Covid -era conspiracy theories have been revived since the outbreak of Hantavirus on a cruise ship, likely amplified due to the anti-vaxx movement and fears about a new global pandemic. Vedika Bahl fact-checks the viral conspiracy theories in Truth or Fake. As the world saw with Covid-19, the only thing that spreads faster than a virus is misinformation, and Hantavirus is no exception.

As with the coronavirus, theorists allege Hantavirus is a planned pandemic, or "plandemic", created by Big Pharma and vaccine manufacturers; a "biological weapon" created in a laboratory to push vaccines onto the masses. In reality, there's no research that Ivermectin could be used as a treatment, and Hantavirus replicates in the cytoplasm, not the nucleus, rendering Ivermectin useless against its replication. Read more French evacuee from Hantavirus-hit ship tests positive, health minister says Global public health guidance also does not predict that a pandemic due to the Hantavirus is likely. The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore.

To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Others allege it's a "bioweapon" created by big pharma to "poison" people or even that it's a side effect of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. This is not the same situation we were in six years ago. This document in fact lists health conditions that scientists monitor during vaccine trials, not side effects.