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LeftInTX

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

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 11:23 PM

20 hrs ago

It is not contagious from person to person. You get it from rodent feces and only from specific rodents. Rodents were in their New Mexico house.

It is already endemic to the United States.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/28/gene-hackman-betsy-arakawa-final-autopsy-results-complex-health-issues

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God help us orangecrush Yesterday #2

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Good Kitty! orangecrush Yesterday #4

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Yuck! We have to lock out cat door. Our house would be full of raccoons and possums. n/t FSogol 22 hrs ago #14

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

Good luck! orangecrush Yesterday #6

It is most likely edhopper 10 hrs ago #22

I Thought It Was Spread By Rodents ProfessorGAC Yesterday #7

Check this out orangecrush 23 hrs ago #8

Son Of A Gun! ProfessorGAC 23 hrs ago #9

Not at all. orangecrush 23 hrs ago #10

So it was brought on the ship edhopper 10 hrs ago #23

Thanks, here we go again. appalachiablue 8 hrs ago #27

You betcha! orangecrush 8 hrs ago #31

This particular Hantavirus John Farmer 4 hrs ago #35

Yeah, I Saw That After I First Posted ProfessorGAC 3 hrs ago #37

Ten yrs ago, a young college girl a town over in NM died of Hanta virus womanofthehills 22 hrs ago #11

Very sad orangecrush 21 hrs ago #15

Not necessarily hantavirus. Arthur_Frain 22 hrs ago #13

That's how Gene Hackman's wife died. He died from other causes. LeftInTX 20 hrs ago #16

Check this out orangecrush 11 hrs ago #19

Yes, but this hantavirus is also endemic to Argentina. LeftInTX 10 hrs ago #21

Thanks orangecrush 8 hrs ago #32

No cruise ships for me, I can't believe they had it happen on the cruise ship MV Hondius Beringia 20 hrs ago #17

Who the hell takes a 35 day cruise? Initech 19 hrs ago #18

I can't even afford a 3 hour tour! orangecrush 11 hrs ago #20

I'm pretty sure it's one of those eco-cruises. Ship only has capacity for 196 people. LeftInTX 10 hrs ago #25

Thanks orangecrush 8 hrs ago #29

So it was brought on board edhopper 10 hrs ago #24

East to answer Traildogbob 10 hrs ago #26

Not nearly as transmissable as Covid Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #28

I seem to remember hearing something similar orangecrush 8 hrs ago #30

Because cruises are human sardine cans Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #33

Human sardine cans orangecrush 2 hrs ago #38

Not as easy to transmit and not transmissible aren't the same EdmondDantes_ 8 hrs ago #34

It all depends on how communicable it is human to human. In any case, in this country we'd know where Vinca 4 hrs ago #36

I have a feeling orangecrush 2 hrs ago #39