D uring the past few days, everyone else I know and I have been experiencing an uncomfortable sense of deja vu. The phrase “zoonotic virus” has been cropping up a lot, alongside “human-to-human contact”, “track and trace” and “self-isolation”. The World Health Organisation is releasing regular statements, as are members of the ultimate ‘don’t panic department’ UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). It feels eerily like 2020. Instead of coronavirus dominating the headlines, this time it is the hantavirus outbreak. The focus is not on ski resorts in Italy, but a Dutch cruise ship, the MV Hondius, where eight cases of this rodent-borne disease have now been linked back to the boat, with five confirmed by laboratory testing. So far, there have been three deaths on board since the Hondius set sail from Argentina at the start of April.…