Hantavirus

[Owen Lucas]

Alright gentlemen, batten down the hatches and stock up on TP and 0w20 or business as usual?

"Human-to-human transmission of the current hantavirus - specifically the Andes virus involved in the early 2026 cruise ship outbreak - is rare but possible through close, prolonged contact. The fatality rate for this severe respiratory disease is high, with estimates reaching 30% to 50%."

One of those affected travelled on an airplane and another went to a wedding in Turkey.

What's your take, too early to tell?

 

[BobsArmory]

The news channels will hype it up as much as possible so you stay glued to the 24 hour/day news cycle then they can raise ad revenue. Try to be educated not afraid.

 

[GSCJR]

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I've got mine already on.

 

[skyactiv]

I think it'll fizzle out quick.

 

[burbguy82]

Just another scare tactic. Not saying the virus is not bad, or other, just saying that they use things in ways they are not supposed to. "they" being the media.

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

Sometimes, if you come across an abandoned miner's shack, there will be a sign posted warning of the possibility of hantavirus exposure. I can't remember who places them. BLM or Forest Service I believe.

 

[CarLuver]

question is where did they get it ? In Arg or on the ship . i am betting in Arg

 

[SC Maintenance]

Hantivirus has been known about and been around for a long time. Usually spread by inhaling dried mouse droppings in enclosed spaces. The South American variant has always been known that can be transferred human to human through very close contact. Given what I have recently learned on this board regarding upside down pineapples and cruise ships this incident doesn't surprise me.

I presume they will get it pinned down pretty quickly.

 

[alarmguy]

The virus has always been around unlike that other one back in 2020. I heard the same thing you have. It’s very hard to spread so it will stay in the country. It has always been in.

 

[dishdude]

I have not been following this closely, but the news reports I have heard clearly state it is not easy to transmit individual to individual.

 

[Patman]

They shouldn’t have let anyone get off that ship

 

[Leo99]

Hantivirus has been known about and been around for a long time. Usually spread by inhaling dried mouse droppings in enclosed spaces. The South American variant has always been known that can be transferred human to human through very close contact. Given what I have recently learned on this board regarding upside down pineapples and cruise ships this incident doesn't surprise me.

I presume they will get it pinned down pretty quickly.

I heard they were birdwatchers.

 

[SC Maintenance]

They shouldn’t have let anyone get off that ship

From the sounds of it once they knew what it was they did not. Cape Verde would not let anyone off. They sent medical personnel on board but no departures allowed.

question is where did they get it ? In Arg or on the ship . i am betting in Arg

It was almost a month between the first death on the ship and the next two. Hard to say - it has a long incubation period apparently.

 

[NiwradND]

They shouldn’t have let anyone get off that ship

They need to get off the ship as soon as possible, that's how they will catch it, not from human to human. I always say, if you want to get sick, go on a cruise. Media always plays with people minds.

 

[CleanSump]

The ship has rats and the feces and urine are contaminating both the air and surfaces. Get them off the boat. Isolated Medical detainment in a sanitized environment will stop the spread.
Scuttle the ship in the Marianas Trench. "69" it to use the pre-new gen reappropriated meaning of the term.

 

[4wd]

The worst I have read in this would be to stash 0W-20

 

[Owen Lucas]

Scuttle the ship in the Marianas Trench. "69" it to use the pre-new gen reappropred meaning of the term.

Target practice?

 

[edyvw]

A lot of people will find out that Hantavirus is a staple of the American Southwest.
Gene Hackman's wife died from hantavirus.

 

[Lubener]

I will dig out my military style gas mask which I used during covid and body wear.

 

[billt460]

A lot of people will find out that Hantavirus is a staple of the American Southwest.
Gene Hackman's wife died from hantavirus.

Hackman's house was infested with it. Mouse crap was everywhere. It went under contract and sold for $6.3 Million just days after being listed last January. Life goes on.... Regardless of how big of a deal the press tries to make of it.