Why is the CDC Silent About The Hantavirus Outbreak? (w/ Katelyn Jetelina)
5/8/202616 min
Jonathan Cohn is joined by epidemiologist and former CDC consultant Katelyn Jetelina to unpack the emerging hantavirus outbreak linked to a small expedition cruise ship in the South Atlantic. Katelyn breaks down what hantavirus is, how it typically spreads, why this outbreak is unusual, and what health officials actually know so far. She also explains why experts are urging calm rather than panic and how different the hantavirus is from Covid.
Read more of Katelyn's work: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/
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[instrumental music] Hey, everybody. Welcome back to Bulwark Takes. I'm Jonathan Cohn, author of The Breakdown newsletter. Um, if you watch the news, if you're on social media, I'm sure you've heard about this hantavirus outbreak. Um, it started on a cruise, small cruise ship in the South Atlantic. Three people have died. We are monitoring people, uh, scattered across a dozen countries who may have been exposed to this. Um, world health authorities, American health authorities have been very clear, you don't need to panic. This is, you know, this is not a red alert pandemic situation or anything like that. On the other hand, this is a serious disease. It is a fatal disease. It's a scary disease. Um, we want to give you the facts so you can follow this story, uh, a- and do so, uh, with a clear mind and understanding when to worry, when not to worry, and we have the perfect guest for that. Uh, Katelyn Jetelina, uh, is an epidemiologist. If you're on Substack, if you're on social media, you know her as the creator and author of Your Local Epidemiologist. She is also a former consultant to the CDC.