So basically what you're saying is since the first case of Andes virus infection occuring in a human in 1996 and all the way until mid-2026, nobody gave a flying crap about the risk the Andes strain of hantavirus posed to the global population, until now, right before the 2026 midterms in the US, just like corona viruses up until the midterms in 2018.
What changed? The virus, or The Threat To Our Democracy™?