The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday said the agency had deep experience with the Andes strain of the hantavirus, offering assurance to the American public that there was low risk for a widespread outbreak.
The remarks from CDC officials come as headlines about the virus — which broke out aboard a cruise ship last month — have sparked fears of a COVID-like pandemic.
Officials speaking to reporters on Saturday stressed that transmission of the virus from person to person was rare and the risk to the American public remains “extremely low.”
Hantavirus is typically contracted when humans come into contact with rodent urine, saliva or feces.
I don’t trust the CDC under the current administration.
Other doctors are saying the same thing and I trust them so I’m not worried.
yeah i know we are all still reeling from covid, but let’s not get carried away.
Does the CDC still have anyone in it anymore qualified to make that determination though? Or are they just stocking up on ivermectin to handle the situation.
