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Sympthsical

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33. Because cruises are human sardine cans

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #30)

Thu May 7, 2026, 11:15 AM

7 hrs ago

Where close contact and cross-contamination in spaces where people are eating together in large numbers is a thing.

I'm sorry. I can't be anxious about everything just because the media screams jump. And I certainly am not about to join in on Instant Internet Experts who are putting their Social Media University degrees in epidemiology in the microwave as we speak.

It would be a mentally exhausting way to live. I have shit to do.

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Good luck! orangecrush Yesterday #6

It is most likely edhopper 9 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 9 hrs ago #23

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

You betcha! orangecrush 7 hrs ago #31

This particular Hantavirus John Farmer 3 hrs ago #35

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

Very sad orangecrush 20 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 19 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 7 hrs ago #32

No cruise ships for me, I can't believe they had it happen on the cruise ship MV Hondius Beringia 19 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 9 hrs ago #25

Thanks orangecrush 7 hrs ago #29

So it was brought on board edhopper 9 hrs ago #24

East to answer Traildogbob 9 hrs ago #26

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

I seem to remember hearing something similar orangecrush 7 hrs ago #30

Because cruises are human sardine cans Sympthsical 7 hrs ago #33

Human sardine cans orangecrush 2 hrs ago #38

Not as easy to transmit and not transmissible aren't the same EdmondDantes_ 7 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 3 hrs ago #36

I have a feeling orangecrush 2 hrs ago #39