A couple of interesting reads

https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Taking-to-the-Persian-Silk-Road-to-circumvent-the-US-blockade-of-Hormuz-65404.html#google_vignette

In response to the war, Tehran is looking for alternative transport routes in Pakistan (and Afghanistan, as already reported) and Russia, a valuable ally, across the Caspian Sea.

The need to expand transport routes is also pushing the Islamist regime to exploit their alliance with China, a key trading partner, to ship oil to China via a revived Persian “Silk Road” capable of circumventing blockades.

Steve H. Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, explains that alternative routes can provide the Iranian economy with consumer goods, food, and industrial materials, but “cannot replace” the container economy.

“Trucking is more expensive and Caspian throughput is constrained by port and fleet capacity,” the expert noted. In the past, he served as economic adviser to the US administration under President Ronald Reagan.

There will be costs and higher inflation, but not Iran’s “economic implosion” as some had predicted.

Regarding transportation, rail is among the alternatives being considered by the Islamic Republic’s leaders, particularly the rail corridor leading to China, which could prove valuable, especially for oil transport.

https://aa.com.tr/en/world/un-urges-maximum-restraint-after-renewed-us-iran-escalation-in-strait-of-hormuz/3931857

The UN on Friday expressed concern over reported recent exchanges of fire in the Strait of Hormuz, warning that the situation marks a “critical moment” for de-escalation amid heightened regional tensions.

“What I can tell you is that the secretary-general is concerned by the reported recent exchange of fire in the Strait of Hormuz,” UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters.

“He underscores that this is a critical moment for de-escalation, and urges all sides to exercise maximum restraint to avoid further escalation,” he added.

The UN is calling “for all the parties to fully abide by the ceasefire and refrain from any actions that could lead to any renewed escalation,” he said.

He added that diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are continuing amid renewed hostilities in and around the strait between the US and Iranian forces.

“There is an effort underway,” UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters when asked about mediation efforts.

He said Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), has been consulting with countries in the region and holding talks in New York, including with Iran’s permanent representative to the UN.

“So he is keeping that dialogue up, and we’re seeing where we can go with that,” Haq said.”

Hantavirus- blowing this out of all proportion in a manner very similar to the non pandemic- Covid

Coincidentally with vaccines in the works..

Boston Globe– Moderna flags work on vaccine before ship outbreak

Why experts says the hantavirus is not another covid

That’s what was said about Covid too. In the very early days