Hantavirus vs Hentaivirus Woman Yelling at Cat Meme

It's Hantavirus / Hentaivirus

This is a two-panel meme using the popular 'Woman Yelling at Cat' format. The left panel shows two cast members from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, with Taylor Armstrong angrily yelling and pointing, paired with the text 'It's Hantavirus' above it. The right panel features the viral Smudge the Cat sitting at a dinner table with an unimpressed expression, paired with the text 'Hentaivirus' above it. The joke relies on a common typo/wordplay where internet users misread the name of the real rodent-borne Hantavirus as 'Hentaivirus', a portmanteau combining Hantavirus with 'hentai' (anime pornography), implying that the cat (representing many internet users) is more interested in the lewd pun than the actual public health topic.

This meme is a remix of the widely used 'Woman Yelling at Cat' template, which combines a 2011 clip from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and a 2018 viral photo of Smudge the Cat. This specific version was posted on Reddit, with the original poster noting it was ubiquitous in comment sections for two days during the 2020 period when Hantavirus became a trending news topic shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as many internet users shared the typo pun across platforms.