About this episode

The episode discusses the Hantavirus, its natural history, and related public health concerns.

On this, our 325th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss Hanta virus and drought. First: what is the natural history of Hantavirus, do any Hantaviruses transmit directly from human to human, and what is going on with the M.V. Hondius, the cruise ship on which Hantavirus has made a stand? Given its mechanisms of action, Ivermectin is likely to treat Hantavirus (a negative sense single-stranded RNA virus), but the WHO dismisses the possibility. Moderna is working on a Hantavirus vaccine, eve...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying

Topics covered

• Hantavirus
• drought
• natural history
• vaccine development
• public health

Keywords

• Hantavirus
• Ivermectin
• Moderna
• vaccine
• M.V. Hondius
• drought
• public health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WHO, Moderna

Products: Ivermectin, Hantavirus vaccine

Places: M.V. Hondius

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