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Everybody PANIC!!!! Hantavirus Public Reaction Meme

This is a 4-panel meme using footage from the meadow conversation scene between Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala in *Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones*. The first panel displays text over Anakin in the background that reads 'EXPERTS SAY HANTAVIRUS ISN\'T DANGEROUS'. The second panel shows Padmé smiling hopefully with text that says 'SO NO ONE\'S GONNA PANIC RIGHT?'. The third panel is a close up of Anakin giving a skeptical, knowing look, implying he knows people will panic anyway. The fourth panel shows Padmé looking concerned and shocked as she repeats the line 'SO NO ONE\'S GONNA PANIC RIGHT?'. The joke satirizes widespread public overreaction and panic surrounding public health scares, particularly referencing the burst of hantavirus related news coverage that occurred shortly after the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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EXPERTS SAY HANTAVIRUS ISN'T DANGEROUS
SO NO ONE'S GONNA PANIC RIGHT?
SO NO ONE'S GONNA PANIC RIGHT?

Overview

This is a 4-panel meme using footage from the meadow conversation scene between Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. The first panel displays text over Anakin in the background that reads 'EXPERTS SAY HANTAVIRUS ISN\'T DANGEROUS'. The second panel shows Padmé smiling hopefully with text that says 'SO NO ONE\'S GONNA PANIC RIGHT?'. The third panel is a close up of Anakin giving a skeptical, knowing look, implying he knows people will panic anyway. The fourth panel shows Padmé looking concerned and shocked as she repeats the line 'SO NO ONE\'S GONNA PANIC RIGHT?'. The joke satirizes widespread public overreaction and panic surrounding public health scares, particularly referencing the burst of hantavirus related news coverage that occurred shortly after the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Origin notes

This meme uses the extremely popular 4-panel Anakin/Padmé Star Wars meme format that first went viral online in the late 2010s, sourced from footage of the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. This specific variant was posted on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as confirmed by the provided source information. The watermark for imgflip.com visible in the bottom left corner indicates the meme was created using the Imgflip online meme generator before being shared to Reddit.

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