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orangecrush

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Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #7)

Wed May 6, 2026, 07:56 PM

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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 Wednesday OP

Let the Games Begin! ZDU Wednesday #1

God help us orangecrush Wednesday #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 Wednesday #3

Good Kitty! orangecrush Wednesday #4

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

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

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

Good luck! orangecrush Wednesday #6

It is most likely edhopper Thursday #22

I Thought It Was Spread By Rodents ProfessorGAC Wednesday #7

Check this out orangecrush Wednesday #8

Son Of A Gun! ProfessorGAC Wednesday #9

Not at all. orangecrush Wednesday #10

So it was brought on the ship edhopper Thursday #23

Thanks, here we go again. appalachiablue Thursday #27

You betcha! orangecrush Thursday #31

This particular Hantavirus John Farmer Thursday #35

Yeah, I Saw That After I First Posted ProfessorGAC Thursday #37

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

Very sad orangecrush Wednesday #15

Not necessarily hantavirus. Arthur_Frain Wednesday #13

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

Check this out orangecrush Thursday #19

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

Thanks orangecrush Thursday #32

There are different strains of it. LisaL 20 hrs ago #41

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

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

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

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

Thanks orangecrush Thursday #29

So it was brought on board edhopper Thursday #24

East to answer Traildogbob Thursday #26

Not nearly as transmissable as Covid Sympthsical Thursday #28

I seem to remember hearing something similar orangecrush Thursday #30

Because cruises are human sardine cans Sympthsical Thursday #33

Human sardine cans orangecrush Thursday #38

But alarmism isn't helpful Sympthsical 21 hrs ago #40

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

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

I have a feeling orangecrush Thursday #39