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orangecrush

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19. Check this out
Thu May 7, 2026, 07:45 AM
1 hr ago


"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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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 15 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 6 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 5 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 26 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 3 min ago #24
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