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Beringia

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17. No cruise ships for me, I can't believe they had it happen on the cruise ship MV Hondius
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:35 PM
9 hrs ago

The outbreak was reported on the MV (Motor Vessel) Hondius, which was travelling between Argentina and Cape Verde

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/three-passengers-dead-after-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship

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Let the Games Begin! ZDU 16 hrs ago #1
God help us orangecrush 16 hrs ago #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 16 hrs ago #3
Good Kitty! orangecrush 16 hrs ago #4
My dogs caught a gopher two nights ago -then one buried it womanofthehills 12 hrs ago #12
Yuck! We have to lock out cat door. Our house would be full of raccoons and possums. n/t FSogol 12 hrs ago #14
I'm not getting on any cruise ships & I have 2 cats irisblue 15 hrs ago #5
Good luck! orangecrush 15 hrs ago #6
It is most likely edhopper 11 min ago #22
I Thought It Was Spread By Rodents ProfessorGAC 14 hrs ago #7
Check this out orangecrush 13 hrs ago #8
Son Of A Gun! ProfessorGAC 13 hrs ago #9
Not at all. orangecrush 13 hrs ago #10
So it was brought on the ship edhopper 10 min ago #23
Ten yrs ago, a young college girl a town over in NM died of Hanta virus womanofthehills 12 hrs ago #11
Very sad orangecrush 10 hrs ago #15
Not necessarily hantavirus. Arthur_Frain 12 hrs ago #13
That's how Gene Hackman's wife died. He died from other causes. LeftInTX 9 hrs ago #16
Check this out orangecrush 1 hr ago #19
Yes, but this hantavirus is also endemic to Argentina. LeftInTX 31 min ago #21
No cruise ships for me, I can't believe they had it happen on the cruise ship MV Hondius Beringia 9 hrs ago #17
Who the hell takes a 35 day cruise? Initech 9 hrs ago #18
I can't even afford a 3 hour tour! orangecrush 1 hr ago #20
So it was brought on board edhopper 9 min ago #24
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