A couple of days ago I published an article on the Hantavirus. I was pretty tentative on my perspectives, partly because I didn't find any scientists who seemed alarmed. Here is the opening of a NY Times article from May 12. I will publish the link in the comment, but the point is that this virus could completely overwhelm every other issue we're facing. Here's the opening paragraphs: There’s no question that another pandemic will strike, but no one knows when or which virus will be the cause. What we can determine with pretty good clarity is how ready we’ll be, how well we’re constructing obstacles to slow the path of emerging threats and how fast we’re learning lessons from painful experience. As the final remaining passengers disembarked from the MV Hondius cruise ship, on which at least seven people were confirmed to have been infected with hantavirus traveled, the answers are becoming increasingly clear: We’re still leaving a lot to chance, crossing our fingers and hoping for the best. Consider the history of the Andes strain of the hantavirus. According to a paper in The New England Journal of Medicine, in 2018, a hantavirus outbreak with this strain — the same strain linked to the Hondius cruise — began in Epuyén, Argentina. It started after one infected person attended a birthday party with about 100 guests. He had a fever and was feeling tired, and he left after about an hour and a half. Five people who were in the room — but not necessarily all even sitting right next to him — later sickened. One of those five partygoers most likely went on to infect six more people, including his spouse, and died 16 days after he became ill. During his wake, 10 more people became infected, from the spouse. It was about then that the public health authorities, realizing how dangerous the situation was, started enforcing strict quarantine measures. That seems to be how it finally died out. See full article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/hantavirus-complacency.html
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