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... Public health experts, including those who were on the frontlines of Covid-19 during the first Trump administration, say neither hantavirus nor Ebola represents an immediate threat to the average American.

But the trust deficit leftover from Covid is showing up in the public response to the two viruses -- and laying bare the challenge for public health officials if either escalates, or when the next major pandemic arrives.

That mistrust could be particularly pronounced within President Donald Trump's base, including some Make America Healthy Again supporters who embraced the so-called medical freedom movement during Covid. ...