'Weekend Update' Spots Why Trump's Hantavirus Talk Is Frighteningly 'Familiar'
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Key Points:
- "Weekend Update" host Colin Jost addressed Donald Trump's remarks on a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that resulted in three deaths and multiple illnesses.
- Officials are actively tracking passengers who disembarked before the virus was detected, though human transmission is rare and the WHO considers the global risk low.
- Trump claimed the situation was "very much, we hope, under control," prompting Jost to sarcastically compare this to Trump's early 2020 statements about having the coronavirus "totally under control."
- Jost's commentary highlighted skepticism about the president's reassurances, using humor to underscore concerns about the handling of infectious disease outbreaks.