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"That Will Get Attention This Time" — Gates's Forecast Meets Hondius

In 2022, Bill Gates sits in the ABC studio of The View — promoting his book “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic”, published 3 May 2022 by Knopf Doubleday — and delivers a line that comes out with an unmistakable smirk pulling at the corner of his mouth:

MV Hondius: Three Dead, Andes Hantavirus, and the WHO Network Behind It

On May 4, 2026, the WHO confirms: three people have died following a virus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius. The ship — a polar expedition vessel operated by Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions — was en route from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Cape Verde. Laboratory confirmed: Andes hantavirus.

The Reporter, the Awards, the Money: What Stands Behind the Correctiv Investigation

Part 1 laid out the legal state of play: Three Sentences, Two Courts, No Final Judgment. What that piece could not do: describe the structure behind the investigation — the person, the awards, the money flows. These are not in the operative part of the Berlin ruling, but they explain why the investigation had such outsized impact.