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The Hantavirus Panic Machine: When Rare Diseases Become Media Theater

The Hantavirus Panic Machine: When Rare Diseases Become Media Theater

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If there is a lesson from the current hantavirus hype, it is not simply that the media exaggerates risk. It is that societies must relearn proportional thinking. Public health should inform, not terrify. Journalists should contextualize, not sensationalize.

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Will Federal Covid Indictment Turn the Tide on Washington Secrecy?

Will Federal Covid Indictment Turn the Tide on Washington Secrecy?

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David Morens, former advisor to Tony Fauci, was indicted and “charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting,” according to the Justice Department.

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