Public health officials and the media are communicating as if there were only two possible outcomes to hantavirus infection: death and full recovery.
This is despite already existing evidence that hantavirus, like many other viruses including COVID, has severe post-acute sequelae.
Chloé de Canson
🦠 As the media discusses Hantavirus, they continue to ignore the risk of chronic disease, learning little from lessons Long COVID.
A 2005 study found "survivors" had extreme fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, kidney issues, and more at least five years post-infection.
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