Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
As concerns grow over recent hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship outbreak, many people are wondering how contagious hantavirus really is — and whether it could spread like COVID-19. In this Short, Dr. Dean Blumberg, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Health, explains why hantavirus outbreaks behave very differently from viruses like COVID or measles.
Learn why experts say hantavirus is far less transmissible, how person-to-person spread differs from respiratory viruses, and why outbreaks tend to die out quickly. Watch the full video to hear more about how hantavirus spreads and what you should know to stay safe.
Video description: Images of people wearing masks on a subway, a diagram illustrating how quickly COVID can spread, and the cruise ship that had a hantavirus outbreak. Dr. Blumberg speaks from a desk in his office.
#hantavirus #COVID19 #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #Virus #UCDavisHealth
As concerns grow over recent hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship outbreak, many people are wondering how contagious hantavirus really is — and whether it could spread like COVID-19. In this Short, Dr. Dean Blumberg, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Health, explains why hantavirus outbreaks behave very differently from viruses like COVID or measles.
Learn why experts say hantavirus is far less transmissible, how person-to-person spread differs from respiratory viruses, and why outbreaks tend to die out quickly. Watch the full video to hear more about how hantavirus spreads and what you should know to stay safe.
Video description: Images of people wearing masks on a subway, a diagram illustrating how quickly COVID can spread, and the cruise ship that had a hantavirus outbreak. Dr. Blumberg speaks from a desk in his office.
#hantavirus #COVID19 #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #Virus #UCDavisHealth
