Does 'hanta' mean 'scam' in Hebrew slang? Social media users confused similar words

The name "hantavirus" comes from the Hantaan River in Korea, where the prototype virus was identified, not from Hebrew. The Hebrew word "חנטה," commonly transliterated as hanta, does not mean "scam," "fraud," "lie" or "fake." Dictionary entries define it as a word related to the ripening of fruit…