WHO Refutes Alex Jones’s COVID-2 Theory About Hantavirus

TL;DR
The WHO director dismissed Alex Jones’s claim that hantavirus is “COVID 2.0,” clarifying that hantavirus and SARS-CoV-2 are distinct viruses and that such misinformation can undermine public health efforts; there is no evidence to support Jones’s assertion.
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