Newsweek: vaccine skeptic and Moderna conspiracy narratives surge around hantavirus outbreak

Newsweek reports a wave of online conspiracy theories — including false claims that Moderna started developing a hantavirus mRNA vaccine in 2024 in foreknowledge of the outbreak, and resurfaced 2022 prediction posts. Coverage notes the actual vaccine work began years earlier as routine biodefense research. Important misinformation signal for tracking despite low factual significance.

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