https://amzn.to/33JUt7j Experts are seeking to allay fears that the death of a man in China due to hantavirus suggests that the coronavirus is about to be joined by another pandemic. The unidentified victim from Yunan province died while traveling on a bus to work in Shandong province, sparking the hashtag #hantavirus and widespread panic that another major killer was in the offing. https ://amzn.to/33JUt7j But scientists were quick to stress that the hantavirus is not new – and has only rarely believed to have been passed between humans, unlike COVID-19. Hantavirus cases are rare, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and spread through close contact with rodent droppings, urine and saliva, USA Today reported . Certain kinds of rodents in the US can carry the virus, which is transmitted when someone inhales contaminated air. “The hantaviruses that cause human illness in the United States cannot be transmitted from one person ...