Are we sitting ducks for a Hantavirus epidemic? (POLL)

[womanofthehills]

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

She got a job at an Apple ranch retreat that had her sweeping up mice feces from cabins that were vacant over the summer. She was given no respirators or anything to spray down mouse droppings. It was sad, as her mom was the teller in the bank in our small town. The mom would often be seen at the tiny local cemetery lying on her daughter’s grave. Beyond sad!

Grok- “ In 2016, 20-year-old Shawnee Romero from Moriarty/Torrance County, New Mexico, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome on June 9 after cleaning up large amounts of rodent feces and urine at her job at the Manzano Mountain Retreat and Apple Ranch (also referred to as Apple Ranch in some coverage). She was exposed while disturbing mouse droppings (likely from deer mice, the primary carrier of Sin Nombre virus in the region), which can aerosolize the virus for inhalation. pressreader.com pressreader.com
• Hantavirus vs. plague: New Mexico sees occasional plague cases (bacterial, from fleas on rodents), but this was confirmed as hantavirus, a viral illness. State health officials noted it as one of the hantavirus deaths that year. ksl.com
• Symptoms typically start flu-like and can rapidly progress to severe respiratory distress.”