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❌ NO: A video does not show rats escaping from a moving truck to spread #hantavirus. ❌ NO: Chinese President Xi Jinping did not ban U.S. citizens from entering the country. ❌ NO: A video does not show a crisis actor pretending to be a person who died of hantavirus. 🔗 go.newslit.org/HantavirusMi...
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2/ Purveyors of misinformation spread falsehoods to exploit breaking news events such as viral outbreaks - often to sow doubt & drive distrust in medical experts. NewsLit tips: ✨ Check the source ✨ Get a 2nd opinion ✨ Note the trope Read more on #RumorGuard: go.newslit.org/HantavirusMi...

Hantavirus misinformation spre...
Hantavirus misinformation spreads online

After the World Health Organization announced in May 2026 that there had been an outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship, purveyors of misinformation started circulating a variety of rehashed falsehoods related to the virus. Let’s look at the facts.