Ex-FDA chief says that hantavirus is "not going to spread like a pandemic virus like COVID did"
Summary
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is coming to an end. He explained that hantavirus spreads differently than COVID-19 and is unlikely to cause a pandemic like COVID did.Key Facts
- There was a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.
- Passengers on the ship are being evacuated.
- Scott Gottlieb is the former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- Gottlieb said the transmission period for the virus on the ship is almost over.
- Hantavirus spreads in a different way than COVID-19.
- Hantavirus is unlikely to spread widely like COVID-19 did.
- The comments were made during an interview on the program "Face the Nation."
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