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Despite being reassured numerous times that hantavirus is not primarily an airborne disease the way that influenza and COVID are, thousands of clueless citizens took to the streets to declare they will never wear a mask if its mandated by Ottawa again. When told by local health officials that no one was asking, let alone demanding, that they wear a mask and that one would have to continually breathe in the dust created by dried rat feces to contract hantavirus, the clumsy-headed, easily swayed and the conspiracy-theory believing would not listen to any facts surrounding the outbreak of the virus aboard a cruise ship thousands of miles away from where they live. One such protester saying – “Hey, it’s just nice to bring the kids out to see like-minded family and friends, have a few hot dogs and blow off a little steam.”