Pandemic Potential: Scientists Discover 3 Hotspots of Deadly Emerging Disease in the US

https://scitechdaily.com/pandemic-potential-scientists-discover-3-hotspots-of-deadly-emerging-disease-in-the-us/

It's Virginia, Colorado, and Texas.

The main discovery here is an additional 6 mice species as hosts of hantavirus that were previously unknown.

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harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y

Virginia seems a little out of place on this list. Not surprising though.

Drusas@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y (6 replies)

How would you get a pandemic from a disease which doesn't spread from person to person? There would have to be an awful lot of infected rodents around.

chonkyninja@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Tell that to Europe.

Drusas@fedia.io · 0 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Hah, yes. That was a little while ago, though. Surely we could do better rodent eradication these days.

jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
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chonkyninja@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Viruses mutate, and they do that give a flying fuck about your well being.

notoftenthat@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

Try this with only rodents for transmission.

I'm headed to Madagascar before it's too late.

FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y

Look up the plagues in Europe, some of the worst outbreaks were spread indirectly.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
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