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TexLaProgressive

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10. Confirmed that it's the Andean strain of hantavirus

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #6)

Thu May 7, 2026, 08:11 PM

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It is endemic in parts of Argentina and Chile. The ship had been in Argentina. That may be where the 1st passenger contracted it. From what I've read human to human transmission requires close contact.

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Hantavirus being monitored in US. Latest on cruise ship outbreak [View all] orangecrush Thursday OP

By Robert shithead Kennedy, jr....................... Lovie777 Thursday #1

My thought exactly orangecrush Thursday #2

If it gets going it would be the second pandemic under Trump bucolic_frolic Thursday #3

I doubt that TexLaProgressive Thursday #4

Andes strain is transmissible between humans. /nt bucolic_frolic Thursday #5

Not this strain, it is human to human, and fatality rates are 40-50% obamanut2012 Thursday #6

Confirmed that it's the Andean strain of hantavirus TexLaProgressive Thursday #10

And the fatality rate of this is much higher than OG Covid obamanut2012 Thursday #7

We do not have a CDC that can handle this virus. yellow dahlia Thursday #8

It always starts with bamagal62 Thursday #9

Deja Vu orangecrush Thursday #11

Yep! bamagal62 Thursday #12

and toilet paper! scipan Friday #13

It it were to spread here, we are up the creek without a paddle. LisaL Friday #15

I believe there were canetoad Friday #14

At least one of the infected people from the cruise flew on a commercial plane. LisaL Friday #16