Hantavirus being monitored in US. Latest on cruise ship outbreak

[orangecrush]

Officials in the United States are monitoring Americans who traveled on the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak that has caused three deaths.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a May 6 news release that the State Department is "leading a coordinated, whole-of-government response" and is in contact with passengers and health authorities around the world.

Eight people who traveled on the MV Hondius, a cruise ship traveling in the Atlantic Ocean run by Netherlands-based operator Oceanwide Expeditions, have been linked to the outbreak so far. Three people have died.

The World Health Organization said the particular strain has been confirmed as the Andes virus, which is believed to spread person-to-person.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2026/05/07/hantavirus-outbreak-cases-cruise-ship-us-updates/89970817007/

[Lovie777]

1. By Robert shithead Kennedy, jr.......................

no thanks.

[orangecrush]

2. My thought exactly

[bucolic_frolic]

3. If it gets going it would be the second pandemic under Trump

No gas, no food, new pandemic ..... too horrible to contemplate.

[TexLaProgressive]

4. I doubt that

hantavirus is endemic in the desert southwest. Iirc the usual transmission route is inhaling dried rodent urine and dropping dust. Human to human transmission is very rare.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Andes strain is transmissible between humans. /nt

[obamanut2012]

6. Not this strain, it is human to human, and fatality rates are 40-50%

No cure, no vax.

[TexLaProgressive]

10. Confirmed that it's the Andean strain of hantavirus

It is endemic in parts of Argentina and Chile. The ship had been in Argentina. That may be where the 1st passenger contracted it. From what I've read human to human transmission requires close contact.

[obamanut2012]

7. And the fatality rate of this is much higher than OG Covid

Andes strain is a coin flip if you survive.

[yellow dahlia]

8. We do not have a CDC that can handle this virus.

Another pandemic was on my Bingo card...unfortunately.

[bamagal62]

9. It always starts with

“A risk to the public is low at this time”. Until
It’s not. Heard this when SARS hit while living in Hong Kong and heard it with Covid. Time to buy some masks, just in case. The promising thing is I don’t believe it’s contagious until there are symptoms.
The bad thing is, the incubation period is long and then it begins with flu like symptoms before going respiratory. So, you might just assume you have the flu and not isolate.

[orangecrush]

11. Deja Vu