{"id":354638,"date":"2026-05-08T15:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/medical-expert-dr-ashish-jha-denies-hantavirus-is-the-next-pandemic"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:07:51","slug":"medical-expert-dr-ashish-jha-denies-hantavirus-is-the-next-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/medical-expert-dr-ashish-jha-denies-hantavirus-is-the-next-pandemic","title":{"rendered":"Medical Professional Dr. Ashish Jha Denies Hantavirus Is the Subsequent Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Hantavirus<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Medical Expert Pumps Brakes on Pandemic 2.0 Panic<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-08T12:57:31-07:00\"><br \/>\n               May 8, 2026<br \/>\n              12:57 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-76384fa623f4ec6b8e00bf99f06ad6d0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-7acd0519-eeef-4373-8f94-6f506d13ecb2-504995746-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-7acd0519-eeef-4373-8f94-6f506d13ecb2-504995746-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Infectious diseases\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/21\/16by9\/2026\/05\/08\/21bcb790f904471683d478f678251995_md.png\" alt=\"050826 dr ashish jha live kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-76384fa623f4ec6b8e00bf99f06ad6d0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6ca5b6573f52d22f1bf51d5a95091ac6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The hantavirus scare is giving some people COVID flashbacks &#8230; but this virus apparently doesn&#8217;t have the same bite.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6ca5b6573f52d22f1bf51d5a95091ac6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-98500196bbde2752b7d6fbb13a89456d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Dr. Ashish Jha<\/strong> &#8212; the former White House COVID response coordinator &#8212; stopped by &#8220;TMZ Live&#8221; to tell everyone to exhale a little over the deadly outbreak aboard the MV Hondius\u00a0&#8230; because while he&#8217;s worried about people exposed on that ship, he tells us this thing is NOT shaping up to be another COVID-style nightmare.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-98500196bbde2752b7d6fbb13a89456d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bad85fbb54ea65df6972dae55bcd1a26\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260504_78ab5c26216244529514b86ed7ef2948\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4d989d30-bc4d-4598-b5e9-f44691c0c672\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/78\/4by3\/2026\/05\/04\/78ab5c26216244529514b86ed7ef2948_md.jpg\" alt=\"MV Hondius Cruise SHIP getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bad85fbb54ea65df6972dae55bcd1a26--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-604254b6e17408662ca3ca64c522c277\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Check it out &#8230; he assures us, &#8220;This is not gonna be a pandemic. That&#8217;s not how this virus is going to behave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-604254b6e17408662ca3ca64c522c277--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-be0edab7423167ab39fc99a69ab25434\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Jha says the biggest concern right now is passengers who were packed together for hours at a time aboard the ship &#8212; not random people brushing past each other in public. According to him, hantavirus simply doesn&#8217;t spread easily enough to spiral into a global pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-be0edab7423167ab39fc99a69ab25434--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0708d8826d13d67593ff61eed08ca40f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re not gonna get it passing somebody in a grocery store. You&#8217;re not gonna get it kind of through casual contact,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0708d8826d13d67593ff61eed08ca40f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1d7a0d59447289a4cc16c20e2fc3bdab\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He added that the virus only appears to spread once someone is already showing symptoms &#8212; meaning fever, headaches and feeling sick are the real red flags &#8212; not healthy-looking people quietly walking around during the incubation period.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1d7a0d59447289a4cc16c20e2fc3bdab--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-83c65cad184dcc046149c4cebcf6fe86\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260506_74718aa388b34690a40dd720177c84c5\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4d989d30-bc4d-4598-b5e9-f44691c0c672\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/74\/4by3\/2026\/05\/06\/74718aa388b34690a40dd720177c84c5_md.jpg\" alt=\"hantavirus cruise ship x 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-83c65cad184dcc046149c4cebcf6fe86--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a42d10e5d2b249f165a0443a8db07dab\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Jha says that&#8217;s a huge distinction from the early days of COVID &#8230; when asymptomatic spread became one of the biggest problems on the planet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a42d10e5d2b249f165a0443a8db07dab--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ab2f930c89e5327a459cfb1d713973e5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The incubation period &#8212; which can stretch for weeks &#8212; is what&#8217;s freaking a lot of people out &#8230; but Jha says there&#8217;s still no evidence people without symptoms are spreading the virus.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ab2f930c89e5327a459cfb1d713973e5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cfba113b83df87aceacb8d6d5730a1fc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And for anyone worried hantavirus could suddenly mutate into a super-strain the way COVID did &#8230; Jha says experts have already genetically analyzed the current outbreak strain and so far, it looks basically identical to previous versions seen over the last several decades.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cfba113b83df87aceacb8d6d5730a1fc--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/08\/doctor-ashish-jha-says-hantavirus-not-new-pandemic\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hantavirus Medical Expert Pumps Brakes on Pandemic 2.0 Panic Published May 8, 2026 12:57 PM PDT Play video content The hantavirus scare is giving some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":354641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26161,30762],"class_list":["post-354638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-infectious-diseases","tag-jha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354640,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354638\/revisions\/354640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}