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orangecrush

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Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #16)

Thu May 7, 2026, 07:45 AM

May 7

"Yes, as of May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other health authorities suspect that human-to-human transmission of a rare strain of hantavirus occurred on the cruise ship MV Hondius.

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While hantavirus typically spreads from rodents to humans, this specific outbreak involves the Andes virus strain, which is known to be capable of passing directly between people, often through close contact."

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Are we sitting ducks for a Hantavirus epidemic? (POLL) [View all] orangecrush May 6 OP

Let the Games Begin! ZDU May 6 #1

God help us orangecrush May 6 #2

Last night my Maine Coon cat woke me up by laying on his back beside my bed & tossing a dead mouse from paw to paw. FSogol May 6 #3

Good Kitty! orangecrush May 6 #4

My dogs caught a gopher two nights ago -then one buried it womanofthehills May 6 #12

Yuck! We have to lock out cat door. Our house would be full of raccoons and possums. n/t FSogol May 6 #14

I'm not getting on any cruise ships & I have 2 cats irisblue May 6 #5

Good luck! orangecrush May 6 #6

It is most likely edhopper May 7 #22

I Thought It Was Spread By Rodents ProfessorGAC May 6 #7

Check this out orangecrush May 6 #8

Son Of A Gun! ProfessorGAC May 6 #9

Not at all. orangecrush May 6 #10

So it was brought on the ship edhopper May 7 #23

Thanks, here we go again. appalachiablue May 7 #27

You betcha! orangecrush May 7 #31

This particular Hantavirus John Farmer May 7 #35

Yeah, I Saw That After I First Posted ProfessorGAC May 7 #37

Ten yrs ago, a young college girl a town over in NM died of Hanta virus womanofthehills May 6 #11

Very sad orangecrush May 6 #15

Not necessarily hantavirus. Arthur_Frain May 6 #13

That's how Gene Hackman's wife died. He died from other causes. LeftInTX May 6 #16

Check this out orangecrush May 7 #19

Yes, but this hantavirus is also endemic to Argentina. LeftInTX May 7 #21

Thanks orangecrush May 7 #32

There are different strains of it. LisaL May 8 #41

No cruise ships for me, I can't believe they had it happen on the cruise ship MV Hondius Beringia May 6 #17

Who the hell takes a 35 day cruise? Initech May 6 #18

I can't even afford a 3 hour tour! orangecrush May 7 #20

I'm pretty sure it's one of those eco-cruises. Ship only has capacity for 196 people. LeftInTX May 7 #25

Thanks orangecrush May 7 #29

So it was brought on board edhopper May 7 #24

East to answer Traildogbob May 7 #26

Not nearly as transmissable as Covid Sympthsical May 7 #28

I seem to remember hearing something similar orangecrush May 7 #30

Because cruises are human sardine cans Sympthsical May 7 #33

Human sardine cans orangecrush May 7 #38

But alarmism isn't helpful Sympthsical May 8 #40

Not as easy to transmit and not transmissible aren't the same EdmondDantes_ May 7 #34

It all depends on how communicable it is human to human. In any case, in this country we'd know where Vinca May 7 #36

I have a feeling orangecrush May 7 #39