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5 min readBen Shapiro debunks media panic over a hantavirus outbreak while critiquing Democratic figures like AOC for promoting socialist envy against billionaires and free markets. He interviews California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton on the state's decline, highlights income flight from blue states, and analyzes Iran war developments, touching on leftist radicalism and redistricting fights.
Hantavirus Cruise Ship Cases
Eight hantavirus cases, including three deaths, emerged on the MV Hondius cruise ship after passengers visited a rat-infested dump in Argentina for birdwatching. The strain is Andes virus, the only hantavirus known for limited human-to-human transmission via prolonged close contact, with a 40% mortality rate but reproduction number below 1—meaning it dies out naturally. Symptoms appear after 1-8 weeks incubation, only becoming contagious when severe, keeping most carriers isolated. From 1993-2003, the US saw ~890 cases (35% fatal), mostly from rodent exposure, not person-to-person. WHO officials emphasize this is a confined ship outbreak, not a COVID-like pandemic. Shapiro urges ignoring media hype, as early COVID fears were exaggerated by poor data and officials like Fauci; no masking, shutdowns, or school closures needed.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:27) **Intro: Envy as Democratic Virtue** - Ben critiques left's hatred of free markets and wealth creators as rooted in envy.
- 2 (01:48) **Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak** - Details MV Hondius cases in Antarctica, Andes virus strain with 40% mortality but R<1.
- 3 (07:38) **AOC Declares Billionaires Illegitimate** - AOC claims no one can "earn" a billion dollars, calls wealth theft via wage underpayment.
- 4 (15:01) **Marxism's Failed Predictions** - Ben dismantles Marx's class struggle and impoverishment prophecies as untrue.
- 5 (20:18) **Interview: Steve Hilton on California Governorship** - GOP candidate discusses high taxes, gas prices, failed climate policies driving exodus.
- 6 (30:47) **California's Wealth Flight Data** - Blue states lose $2T AGI to red states; CA/NY lead losses due to anti-wealth policies.
- 7 (38:38) **Mark Hamill's Anti-Trump Post** - Actor shares AI image of dead Trump, wishes humiliation; deletes after backlash.
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Show Notes
AOC explains that billionaires are inherently illegitimate, and we examine the Democrats' hatred for success; everybody needs to calm down about hantavirus; and Steve Hilton joins us to explain California's crazy gubernatorial race.
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