Hantavirus Is Not the Next Covid, But Try Telling That to the News Media | The Daily Show

0:00 Welcome once again to the Daily Show.

0:02 My name is Joe Stewart.

0:03 Great show for you tonight.

0:04 And I don't say that every time.

0:09 Later on, we're going to be joined by a journalist Josh Tierall.

0:12 Wrote a book about how AI can help solve the world's problems.

0:16 And uh from what I understand, uh he wrote it with AI.

0:26 But first, I want to check in on the president.

0:27 you know, his approval rating is currently lower than really ever.

0:31 I think it's it's really it's not it's not good.

0:36 Uh really thanks to a combination of inflation

0:38 and he's a dick and uh the war in Iran,

0:43 the ongoing energy crisis in his own body.

0:46 um weekend to Donny's.

0:55 But as is always the case with Donald Trump, his MAGA base remains unfased.

1:02 Now, this week saw the formal dedication of a 22 foot gold statue

1:06 of Trump at his Miami golf course

1:09 by none other than Evangelical Pastor Mark Burns.

1:13 Pastor Burns must have known that he might take some criticism

1:17 for praying over a literal golden idol because he wrote on social media,

1:21 quote, "Let me be clear, this is not a golden calf.

1:30 No, it is not.

1:35 But if I may say, it is a fullgrown cow." That is a That is a golden cow

1:46 with a gold load in its but I don't want

1:51 to suggest this is actually a case of false idolatry.

1:54 If it was, God would probably be punishing us

1:59 the same way he did in the Bible with a plague.

2:02 And I mean, that's not happening.

2:05 Breaking tonight, the deadly outbreak of a rare

2:07 rodent virus on board a cruise ship.

2:09 The race to contain a suspected deadly virus outbreak.

2:13 The public health threat so dangerous.

2:15 Nightmare at sea.

2:16 Cruise chaos.

2:17 A cruise from hell.

2:31 What?

2:33 What?

2:35 Another pandemic?

2:37 Are we going to have to start washing our hands again

2:41 or freaking the out in a Target?

2:45 Target?

2:45 I'm not playing any more[ __] games.

2:47 This shit's over.

2:50 This shit's all over.

2:52 This shit's[ __] over.

3:09 Good times.

3:14 Although I have to say on the plus side,

3:16 I can't believe I still fit into my old hazmat suit.

3:21 Hey, quick question here though.

3:24 Are we all going to die?

3:25 It's not like CO.

3:26 It's not like measles.

3:27 It's not a very efficient transmission.

3:29 The overall risk to the public is low.

3:31 You don't need to be hysterical about it.

3:42 I know we don't have to be hysterical about it.

3:46 It's choice.

3:48 But you know what?

3:49 It's a relief.

3:50 I'm glad we don't have to be hysterical about it.

3:52 COVID was a respiratory virus.

3:54 Passes easily, often when the person isn't symptomatic.

3:57 It was a brand new virus we had ever seen before,

4:00 and we weren't allowed to know where it came from.

4:02 I mean, we didn't know.

4:06 We were obviously allowed to know.

4:09 We just didn't know.

4:11 Wink.

4:15 While the haunt virus is a known virus.

4:17 It's difficult to transmit.

4:19 It's mostly spread by rat infestation, which does raise the question,

4:23 how did a cruise ship end up with HANA virus on it?

4:29 A husband and wife who were the first

4:31 to be stricken with the so-called rat virus reportedly went

4:34 bird watching at a ratinfested landfill when their cruise

4:38 ship was docked at a remote city in Argentina.

4:50 I have some questions.

4:55 It's going to walk down the list.

4:56 A.

4:58 What cruise line offers day trip landfill excursions?

5:11 B.

5:13 What bird watcher wants to go to a landfill

5:20 and spend the whole day going, "Uh, seagull.

5:25 Seagull.

5:29 Seagull.

5:30 Uh oh.

5:32 Used condom.

5:36 Ceruan warbler.

5:39 Uh no, that's used condom.

5:41 Sorry.

5:42 Seagull.

5:44 Vulture.

5:45 Seagull.

5:45 Condom.

5:46 Vulture eating.

5:47 Seagull eating condom.

5:51 That's but in in bird watching lingo that's known as a vulgoldum.

6:01 Lot of a lot of people serve that on the holidays.

6:05 The point is some people may get pretty

6:08 sick but forget co this ain't no pandemic.

6:12 Hell this haunt virus and not even in monkeypox

6:15 territory but I guess reality don't sell papers.

6:19 So, boys, we learned that everything was okay on Tuesday.

6:24 What are we doing Wednesday through Friday?

6:27 The WHO has been vocal and saying

6:29 this is not another pandemic or epidemic situation.

6:32 Can they be so sure?

6:34 Should people be worried?

6:35 Is this another pandemic?

6:37 Could the antivirus mutate?

6:38 People have a right to BE NERVOUS.

6:40 YOU GOT TO FIGHT for your right

6:46 to be nervous.

6:50 Yes, we might have a right to be nervous,

6:54 but I guess the question the news might want to ask is, do we have a reason?

7:00 And your assignment, news, should you choose to accept it,

7:05 is to help the public discern the difference.

7:09 So, may we hear from the experts?

7:12 Again, the potential to spread beyond an outbreak is very small.

7:17 should be pretty limited.

7:19 Should keep it contained.

7:20 Shouldn't really have any concern at all.

7:22 I have no no concern about that.

7:24 I guess it's going to stick this time.

7:26 I want to make the timeline clear to everybody.

7:29 Sunday, we found out Hauntus had been on a cruise ship.

7:34 Monday through Thursday, expert upon expert,

7:38 scientist upon scientist very transparently explained why this illness,

7:44 while a serious illness, is a lowlevel public health threat.

7:51 Their words went a long way to easing the concerns of a curious public.

7:57 And Lord knows the news can't let that happen.

8:04 So on Friday, after three days of reinsurance, I give you Night Line.

8:11 A dream vacation turning into a floating nightmare.

8:14 Authorities now working to stop the spread

8:17 and track down passengers who've already left the ship, including to the US.

8:22 The looming question, could this become the next pandemic?

8:26 God damn it, THEY GOT ME AGAIN.

8:42 I can't breathe in there.

8:44 That's Oh, I was panicking.

8:47 THEY GOT ME AGAIN.

8:48 AND BY THE WAY, did you check out the percussion on that?

8:54 Could this be the next pandemic?

8:59 The question of whether it was going to be

9:01 the next pandemic had been asked and answered for three days.

9:06 But apparently that was before the authorities decided not

9:10 to fire a torpedo and sink the cruise ship,

9:13 burying its diseased passengers and cruise entertainers

9:16 in a watery grave befitting their disease.

9:19 That's right, folks.

9:20 These people from this ship were going to be Da da da allowed to disembark.

9:29 The deadly haunt virus is no longer contained to that cruise ship.

9:34 It is now literally flying around the world.

9:37 Why' they let them off the boat?

9:38 Releasing them off the boat just creates new problems.

9:42 Why did they get off the boat and then come back to America?

9:44 How long you think people on the ship should be isolated

9:47 before being allowed to leave and then like walk among us?

9:58 Look, I don't think any of us are crazy about

10:02 the idea of people who take cruises walking amongst us.

10:08 I just don't think it's and I I I respect that.

10:14 But they're still people.

10:18 They're just people who wanted to travel the world on a floating shopping mall.

10:22 They can throw their fiance off.

10:27 Look it up.

10:34 Trust me.

10:34 It's got a higher body count than the haunt virus.

10:37 Trust me.

10:41 Look, I could be convinced to be on team sync them all.

10:45 But again, let's listen to the experts that the news

10:50 people themselves have vetted to answer these questions responsibly.

10:55 Dr.

10:55 Rasmmanson, do you have any concerns about the process

10:58 of the passengers returning to their home countries?

11:01 So, I don't actually have any concerns

11:02 about this process from a scientific perspective

11:05 because I actually think that the process

11:07 itself is completely suitable for this virus.

11:10 No, suitable for the virus, but not suitable apparently for this news cycle.

11:16 The news experts say stay calm, but the news media says,

11:20 "Uh, no, I believe we prefer panic."

11:22 Right now, we're in the port where the ship won't even be allowed to dock.

11:25 You can have a look at what this looks like.

11:27 That is the MV Honda.

11:29 Those are the Americans finally on board that evacuation boat.

11:32 You can see there's a small group of them being fed back and forth,

11:35 helping ferry passengers off the ship and onto some smaller boats to land

11:39 off of the ship on these little boats that bring them here through a tent.

11:42 Within minutes, they are on a bus headed straight for the airport.

11:46 You're looking at a portion of a a bus that looks

11:49 similar to the ones that uh people have gotten onto.

11:56 You're literally showing US A BUS THEY'RE NOT ON.

12:01 You're just cutting TO SHOWING US WHAT A BUS LOOKS LIKE.

12:06 YES, JIM.

12:07 UH, the passengers are getting on and I'm being

12:09 told that the wheels on this bus go round and round and and they're about to get

12:16 on a bus where the wheels go round and round.

12:19 Jim, I see.

12:20 And can you ask uh will that be all through the town?

12:23 I believe it will, Jim.

12:25 I believe they will be going all through the town on the bus.

12:29 They that they were treating IT LIKE THE OJ'S.

12:34 IT WAS THAT'S the logistics OF HOW YOU GET FROM A BOAT TO THEING SHORE.

12:40 But don't worry, the news media's highle technology

12:42 GETS US ACCESS WE NEVER COULD HAVE gotten before.

12:45 These images just coming in.

12:47 Those Americans getting on buses and waving before boarding their flights.

12:50 Drone video from Spanish authorities capturing the first passengers leaving.

12:55 Drone video.

12:57 SPECTACULAR.

12:58 SUCH good use of drones.

13:01 Ukraine uses theirs to defeat Russia.

13:05 But good on you.

13:07 I still have not learned enough.

13:08 I mean, I know they've gone from a boat to a smaller boat to a tent to a bus,

13:12 but at this point, I've somewhat lost the trail.

13:18 Where will it end?

13:20 Where will these who are supposedly to walk amongst us end up?

13:24 Perhaps in a room.

13:28 If so, what does the room look like?

13:31 Is it furnished?

13:35 If it has a bike, will that bike be stationary?

13:39 Each person will have their own room equipped with special ventilation systems,

13:43 private bathrooms, exercise equipment, and Wi-Fi.

13:54 Private bathrooms, exercise equipment, wifi.

14:01 Oh, maybe we should all get the haunt virus.

14:06 It's actually not that luxurious.

14:07 Only one of them will be given the password,

14:14 which I believe is lowercase hunter virus,

14:16 but the I is a one and the S is a dollar bill.

14:18 Yo, look, we are now eight days into this nonpandemic

14:28 and it's beginning to affect our Mother's Day coverage.

14:31 Segways, it's a very happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.

14:35 This morning, that cruise ship hit by a deadly haunt virus.

14:38 The state of our union is calling our mom.

14:41 This morning, 17 Americans are beginning a trip back to the US.

14:44 Happy Mother's Day to all the moms watching.

14:46 Let's kick this off.

14:47 Pandemic panic.

14:56 HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

14:59 HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

15:00 TELL YOUR MOM YOU LOVE HER, but also keep your eyes on her.

15:06 cuz you don't know if she's got it or not.

15:08 And I got to tell you this, if she turns, you know what you have to do.

15:15 NO TEARS, BOY.

15:18 NO TEARS.

15:20 She's not your mother anymore.

15:25 She's more haunter than woman.

15:34 No matter how many times the question can be asked and answered,

15:39 it doesn'ting matter for some people and sometimes it's the same person.

15:48 Does this have the markings of the next pandemic or no?

15:51 No.

15:52 Should we still not be sounding the alarm?

15:54 I don't think we have to be very anxious about it.

15:57 Should we be worried that we have an American here who's tested positive?

16:01 No.

16:02 It's a low risk to Americans.

16:03 Or should we still not be worried by this here in America?

16:06 Correct.

16:06 I don't think that this poses any risk to the general public.

16:10 Jesus lady, how badly do you just want to work FROM HOME?

16:17 Just work from home.

16:19 WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO DIE.

16:21 THAT'S a good thing.

16:24 Just Just zoom in.

16:26 Jesus.

16:28 Although it is important to note this virus can cause chronic fatigue syndrome.

16:33 mostly amongst the experts who have to repeatedly answer the same questions.

16:40 What is your message to Americans who are still scared?

16:45 We have been repeating the same answer many times.

16:49 Um this is not another COVID.

16:52 Um and the risk to the public is low.

16:58 Uh so they shouldn't be scared and they shouldn't panic.

17:05 youing idiot.

17:10 Well, that that that certainly should put an end to it unless

17:16 so they shouldn't be scared and they shouldn't panic

17:19 and there is concern out there that more positive cases could pop up.

17:26 So when they say you shouldn't be scared, you hear be scared,

17:31 it's like they're all trying to recapture that pandemic ratings magic.

17:36 Remember the old big screen body counts?

17:39 All the ways they scared us.

17:40 Well, the counts are back.

17:43 Obviously not as compelling.

17:46 There's one person who tested positive.

17:49 A separate person showed symptoms,

17:50 but we don't have a positive test result for that person.

17:58 One, ONE, ONE POSITIVE AND one runny nose.

18:06 What?

18:08 Damn, this thing is spreading like I

18:11 don't know what's something that doesn't spread.

18:13 Cold butter, the legs of a prude.

18:20 I COULD DO THIS ALL DAY.

18:23 SO, IT'S FINE.

18:24 It's not a thing.

18:26 Go about your lives.

18:28 Go on a cruise if you want.

18:30 Meanwhile, a neuro virus outbreak on board a different cruise ship.

18:34 102 passengers, 13 crew members are sick on the Caribbean Princess.

18:42 NO.