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Lovie777

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4. Our current government is worthless................

Reply to Liberal In Texas (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 08:57 AM

May 7

I hope states that care are monitoring this and will advise their constituents of the dangers while their state labs are figuring out the medicines to combat it.

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Viruses are extremely contagious UpInArms May 7 #2

Human to human transmission of Hantavirus is rare. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 7 #12

It's not rare with this specific version of the virus. LonePirate May 7 #13

I guess we're about to find out. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 7 #17

This strain appears to be the Andes version UpInArms May 7 #14

It depends on the virus. Ms. Toad May 7 #15

Wasn't this the disease that killed choie May 7 #3

Only his wife - he never got it GreatGazoo May 7 #7

Yes. But N. American variants of Hantavirus are not spread person-to-person. This Argentinian (Andes) variant hlthe2b May 7 #10

Not sure if its this virus strain Johonny May 7 #11

Our current government is worthless................ Lovie777 May 7 #4

symptoms / confirmed GreatGazoo May 7 #5

Thanks edhopper May 7 #9

Hanta is usually associate with rodents - mice, bats in the US bucolic_frolic May 7 #6

Maybe I watch too many movies superpatriotman May 7 #8

The dutch couple went to a bird-watching tour at a garbage dump: IcyPeas May 7 #16

One country wouldnt let a plane unload, had 2 people from the cruise onboard BlueWaveNeverEnd May 7 #18