As the countdown begins for the Beijing Winter Olympics, scheduled to start on Friday, February 4, the Chinese capital region is on full alert not only for bioengineered COVID-19 but also a vintage Korean War-era biological weapon called Hantavirus. A specific variant called Hantaan virus (HTNV) erupted in mid-December to shut down the ancient capital of Xian, a metropolis of 13 million residents along the Silk Road, which is now just barely resuming public activities.
Poster Comment:
We cannot trust Chinese state media. Could have been ebola or hantavirus.