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This meme uses a screenshot of the character Thanos from the Marvel film *Avengers: Endgame*, where Thanos appears worn out and defeated after a battle, getting ready to leave the scene. The joke frames Thanos as the Hantavirus, which received minimal public attention and concern when it was briefly covered in news cycles during the early COVID-19 pandemic, implying the virus is leaving Earth dejectedly after noticing no one cares about its spread.

the Hantavirus leaving earth after realizing nobody gives af about it

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This single-panel comic meme depicts an office scene: a woman holding a phone looks shocked as she announces that a rodent-borne disease has infected 6 people on a ship and killed 3. A man next to her looks equally shocked as he peels a calendar page marked January 1346 to reveal the current year is 2026. The joke plays on the famous saying that "history never repeats, but it does rhyme", referencing that 1346 marked the start of the spread of the Black Death (bubonic plague, a rodent-borne disease that spread across Europe via trade ships) to imply that a similar pandemic event is repeating in the modern day.

History never repeats, but it does rhyme

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This two-panel meme repurposes the viral Flex Tape infomercial clip featuring Phil Swift. The top panel labels Phil Swift as "European ports" gesturing towards a leaking water container labeled "Hantavirus ship". The bottom panel shows Swift pressing a Flex Tape patch over the leak, overlaid with the text "fuck off we're not gonna let you pass", humorously satirizing European port authorities firmly blocking ships suspected of carrying hantavirus to stop the virus from entering their territories.

I mean it's reasonable: European ports block hantavirus ship meme

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This meme is a collage combining two core elements: a still shot of the Uruk-hai Orc character Uglúk from *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* film, and a screenshot of a Reuters news report headlined 'Flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm confirmed in Texas, USDA says' paired with an image of a screwworm larva. At the bottom of the image, edited text reads 'Looks like meat is back off the menu, boys!', a humorous twist on the character's iconic original line 'Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!'. The joke functions by contrasting the fictional flesh-eating Orc's usual preference for meat with the real-world health risk of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite, implying even Orcs would avoid eating meat now that the parasite is present in Texas.

LOTR Orc reacts to Texas flesh-eating screwworm news by declaring meat off the menu

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This meme uses a screenshot of a North American air traffic tracking map, showing one airplane in flight over the central United States. Overlaid on the map is the text 'Random mfs as soon as they get sick with an unknow [sic] virus' next to a wilting, dripping rose emoji. The joke draws a parallel to the core gameplay of the strategy game Plague Inc, where players aim to spread a deadly pathogen across the entire globe using transmission routes including air travel. It mocks the irresponsible behavior of people who choose to travel by plane immediately after contracting an undiagnosed contagious virus, which would accelerate the spread of the disease just like in the game.

Plague Inc Style Meme About Sick People Flying With Unknown Virus

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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.

Everybody PANIC!!!! Hantavirus Public Reaction Meme

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This meme consists of a top text caption paired with a stock photograph of multiple civilian passengers walking up mobile airport stairs to board a large commercial airplane. The top caption reads 'People as soon as they get sick with an unknown virus'. The joke serves as a satire of widely criticized irresponsible public health behavior, most commonly referencing the actions of people who chose to travel while infected during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, ignoring official guidance to isolate and avoid spreading illness to others.

People travel immediately after getting sick with an unknown virus

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This is a relatable reaction meme that uses a stark visual metaphor: a single small person stands on a sandy beach facing an extremely large, towering incoming ocean wave. The massive wave is labeled 'NEWS OF A NEW VIRAL OUTBREAK SPREADING', while the tiny person is labeled 'ME'. The gag highlights the overwhelming, helpless feeling many people experience when hearing announcements of new public health outbreaks, emphasizing how large and intimidating the impending problem feels from an individual perspective.

Me when hearing news of a new viral outbreak spreading

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This is a two-panel reaction meme. The top panel is a screenshot of a verified X (formerly Twitter) post from BNO News, reporting that a French citizen is in isolation undergoing hantavirus testing after developing mild symptoms, having shared a flight with a woman who died of hantavirus in Johannesburg. The bottom panel is a well-known screenshot from the video game *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas*, showing protagonist Carl 'CJ' Johnson from behind walking down an alley, with the iconic caption 'Ah shit, here we go again.' The meme conveys exasperation and weary frustration at the announcement of another potential new disease outbreak, in the context of prior global public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Can we not?

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This is a reaction meme using the classic Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 'Ah shit, here we go again' template. It shows the game's protagonist Carl 'CJ' Johnson from behind, walking down a narrow alleyway between low walls. Large bold white text at the top reads 'HANTAVIRUS SPREADS', and the iconic, widely used meme line 'Ah shit, here we go again' appears in smaller white text at the bottom. The meme expresses widespread public exasperation and dark humor about the prospect of another new viral public health crisis occurring shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, aligning with the original post's title referencing 'COVID season 2'.

Hantavirus Spreads 'Here We Go Again' Pandemic Meme

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This is a 4-panel reaction meme using clips from the animated series Futurama. The first panel labels the character Leela as 'an illiterate Karen', who states the widely disproven conspiracy theory that vaccines cause autism in young children, so she has chosen not to vaccinate her children at all, while Bender looks at her. The second panel shows Bender laughing loudly, with the text 'Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha'. The third panel has Bender saying 'Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder!'. The fourth panel shows Bender laughing even more intensely while Leela looks annoyed and crosses her arms. The meme mocks people who spread dangerous, false anti-vaccine misinformation, highlighting how absurd and irresponsible their beliefs are, as unvaccinated children are at high risk of contracting preventable, potentially life-threatening illnesses.

I don't know how are they even alive

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This is a screenshot of a news article from online publication Inertia. The article's headline announces that a virus originating from aquatic animals has spread to humans for the first time in recorded history. The article is dated Friday April 10, 2026, and is written by senior editor Alexander Haro. Below the article header, a large photograph shows a pile of fresh raw prawns, with a caption noting that prawns can carry this virus that can jump to humans, crediting the photo to Unsplash. This image was posted to 9Gag with a prompt asking users to guess which country the news originates from, with the common implied answer referencing a history of novel zoonotic outbreaks linked to China.

A Virus From Aquatic Animals Has Spread to Humans for the First Time Ever

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