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LisaL

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41. There are different strains of it.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #16)

Fri May 8, 2026, 04:51 AM

13 hrs ago

This particular strain (spreading on a cruise ship) is transmittable from person to person.

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Good luck! orangecrush Wednesday #6

It is most likely edhopper Yesterday #22

I Thought It Was Spread By Rodents ProfessorGAC Wednesday #7

Check this out orangecrush Wednesday #8

Son Of A Gun! ProfessorGAC Wednesday #9

Not at all. orangecrush Wednesday #10

So it was brought on the ship edhopper Yesterday #23

Thanks, here we go again. appalachiablue Yesterday #27

You betcha! orangecrush Yesterday #31

This particular Hantavirus John Farmer Yesterday #35

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Very sad orangecrush Wednesday #15

Not necessarily hantavirus. Arthur_Frain Wednesday #13

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

Check this out orangecrush Yesterday #19

Yes, but this hantavirus is also endemic to Argentina. LeftInTX Yesterday #21

Thanks orangecrush Yesterday #32

There are different strains of it. LisaL 13 hrs ago #41

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

Who the hell takes a 35 day cruise? Initech Wednesday #18

I can't even afford a 3 hour tour! orangecrush Yesterday #20

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

Thanks orangecrush Yesterday #29

So it was brought on board edhopper Yesterday #24

East to answer Traildogbob Yesterday #26

Not nearly as transmissable as Covid Sympthsical Yesterday #28

I seem to remember hearing something similar orangecrush Yesterday #30

Because cruises are human sardine cans Sympthsical Yesterday #33

Human sardine cans orangecrush Yesterday #38

But alarmism isn't helpful Sympthsical 14 hrs ago #40

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

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

I have a feeling orangecrush Yesterday #39