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LonePirate

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13. It's not rare with this specific version of the virus.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #12)

Thu May 7, 2026, 09:23 AM

May 7

It certainly seems like it was transmissible aboard a cruise ship given how a doctor on the ship contracted it. So it would be even more transmissible on an airplane with even more cramped conditions and no outside airflow.

This really has the potential to explode if that flight attendant tests positive for it.

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29 Passengers Got Off Hantavirus Cruise Ship After First Death--Flight Attendant Hospitalized With Symptoms [View all] Liberal In Texas May 7 OP

RFKjr probably says drinking skunk piss will cure it n/t Cheezoholic May 7 #1

Viruses are extremely contagious UpInArms May 7 #2

Human to human transmission of Hantavirus is rare. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 7 #12

It's not rare with this specific version of the virus. LonePirate May 7 #13

I guess we're about to find out. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 7 #17

This strain appears to be the Andes version UpInArms May 7 #14

It depends on the virus. Ms. Toad May 7 #15

Wasn't this the disease that killed choie May 7 #3

Only his wife - he never got it GreatGazoo May 7 #7

Yes. But N. American variants of Hantavirus are not spread person-to-person. This Argentinian (Andes) variant hlthe2b May 7 #10

Not sure if its this virus strain Johonny May 7 #11

Our current government is worthless................ Lovie777 May 7 #4

symptoms / confirmed GreatGazoo May 7 #5

Thanks edhopper May 7 #9

Hanta is usually associate with rodents - mice, bats in the US bucolic_frolic May 7 #6

Maybe I watch too many movies superpatriotman May 7 #8

The dutch couple went to a bird-watching tour at a garbage dump: IcyPeas May 7 #16

One country wouldnt let a plane unload, had 2 people from the cruise onboard BlueWaveNeverEnd May 7 #18

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