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complex and unprecedented, the Spanish authorities are calling it.

Before the disembarkation, asymptomatic.

Passengers who'd been stuck aboard the Hanta or maybe Hanta virus-stricken Dutch cruise ship disembarked in the Canary Islands this weekend, prompting the highest stakes game of where are they now since maybe COVID?

Some of the evacuees, American and French, have since tested positive for the virus.

And yet public health officials seem remarkably calm.

Possibly because this is not the one to freak out over.

Coming up on today, explain from Vox answers to the age-old question, how bad is it really?

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Cool.

Cable News Network, what's up?

Do you want to live forever?

What?

Yes?

Maybe?

I haven't thought about it that much.

Influential journalist Kara Swisher, I know her, is taking a hard look at the longevity industry to separate the influencer hype from evidence-backed science in her new CNN original series.

Cool, Kara.

Kara's talking to Silicon Valley power players and trying out the latest in anti-aging technology to see what works and what's a waste.

I bet she is.

Kara Swisher wants to live forever.