r/hantavirus

This is really bugging me. I’ve read they picked it up, probably, from a landfil while birdwatching(who does that at a landfil). Also i think that was immediately prior to boarding the boat, or even after the cruise start at one of the stops?

My bad if im mistaken on the details but this doesnt make sense, better yet, more people have died and with my limited information i think they got it on the boat, from the people that picked it up first.

Thanks.

The eight Dutch passengers go into home quarantine now that they have been returned. The intention is that they will then stay at home.

However, they may occasionally go outside to walk for a walk, but then they must wear a face mask and keep 1.5 meters away from others, reports health institute RIVM.

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I remember finding the Covid sub and joining that in the early days (anyone remember the sub’s name before it changed?). Anyway, are we thinking this will fizzle out or should we be concerned?

Its pretty scary that people who likely did not have extremely close contact got it, and there is probably more that got sick and aren't showing symptoms yet. Should I be worried?

Virus might spread, so, we need a megathread about what kind of masks we need to use, the numbers the signs etc. Do we need googles? Do we need gloves? What kind of gloves best for the purpose? What if we get sick and can't get treatment what can help as the last resort? Since there's lots of people don't have healthcare. Can we use the same mask again or can we clean the mask if we can how can we do it. Because masks really expensive here, they will increase the price of it I know that. Can it go through the windows? Etc. Etc.

Edit:I found this website. Idk if it is coalmine or goldmine but there's gotta be some information. Maybe we can strip out the necessary ones.

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/worker-health-safety-us/covid19/

They just flew out around 150 people without PCR testing them all and now multiple have tested positive. 1 French person and 1 American as far as I know.

It takes over a month to show your first symptoms. It is absolutely ridiculous to not PCR test them upon their arrival in the canary islands.

For perspective, the fist two cases were infected around March 20, the Dutch man and woman. The Dutch man showed symptoms April 6. The Dutch woman showed symptoms April 24.

It seems ridiculous to fly these people around with NO TESTING unless they were symptomatic when symptoms appear 1 month after exposure and a 45% death rate.

I am not trying to fear monger or anything, I think that most likely hantavirus will fizzle out in a few weeks and that we should not panic. Hantavirus isn't covid, but there are similarities in the WHO's messaging. After covid, seeing how organizations like the WHO handled it, I really don't think they can be completely trusted with their public messaging.

In January 2020 they were saying things like, covid doesn't appear to spread between humans and only animal to human. Then they said it's only close contact human to human transmission, and that the risk to the public was extremely low.

During this messaging, China was already in complete chaos and there was 100k cases of covid. It was pretty obvious at that point that it wasn't spreading from only bats, and that it was highly contagious. At that point I feel most people understood we were in for a ride, even experts were warning us. But the WHO kept up their messaging that everything is fine.

To me it seems the WHO has a public playbook for how they handle these situations, and it's to minimize it as much as possible. I don't think this is a helpful playbook, when dealing with potentially deadly viruses. The opposite should be true, the most extreme measures should be taken early so that it doesn't become a worldwide thing.

Anyway that's just my two cents, again not at all saying hantavirus is going to be a global pandemic or anything, just that the WHO definetly seems to have a playbook when it comes to viruses and their communication with the public that isn't exactly trustworthy.

I’m still worried not going to lie. But until some random person somewhere who has ZERO relationship to anybody on the cruise or plane tests positive- I feel like this will fizzle out for now. What do you think? Please educate me if I am wrong

https://x.com/hhsgov/status/2053656580118216985?s=46

Oh brother, just leave them out there until everyone is negative!!!!