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Hello and welcome to Sci Guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird and wonderful stories from the science world.

I'm Corey, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, the landlubber Luke Cutford.

Hello there.

Thank you.

Please go ahead.

Do you know about hantavirus?

Do you know the story of this?

Please, do you know?

I do. And as soon as I saw this happening, I thought, this is going to be a side guys episode. So I'm very unsurprised to be here. Good, good. Here's the thing, Luke. I just want to set the record straight. Now, I've heard about hantavirus. Well, I'll say this, hantavirus was kept from me.

Ah.

Yes, yes.

My partner knew about hantavirus and did not tell me for fear that I would either spiral or perhaps, Luke, perhaps fear that I might embarrass myself a la COVID again.

But, but, but, Luke, I'm, I am smarter. I am older. I will not embarrass myself. I will not say, you'll not say, this is all going to blow over if everyone does the right thing, which they did not do.

Okay, in my defense, I still think that COVID would have been fine if people hadn't been, you know, people, I guess is the issue.

Right?

It's not people.

It was more the government responses and everything.

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