There are plenty of known viruses that we don't worry about simply because we've been lucky enough to keep them contained in very localized areas. But an epidemiologist could rattle off a whole series of viruses that they would say, "if this ever gets out and blows up, we are fucked."
It wasn't the Spanish Flu even at its worst (roughly a third the mortality rate with a much faster and farther reach absent any properly quarantining).
Much like with the AIDS epidemic or the Ebola outbreak, Hauntavirus has a slower rate of spread and avoidable vector for transmission, but a significantly higher mortality rate.
Much like with the AIDS epidemic or the Ebola outbreak, Hauntavirus has a slower rate of spread and avoidable vector for transmission, but a significantly higher mortality rate.
You sure you're not talking about regular hantavirus? Most strains can't transmit from person to person; they require vectors such as mice and other rodents. But the variant people are worried about is capable of spreading directly from person to person. Cruise ships and plains may make it easy to transmit viruses that require close personal contact. But they're not exactly known for their rodent infestations.
But the variant people are worried about is capable of spreading directly from person to person.
Based on early investigations by health officials in May 2026, passengers on the cruise ship likely contracted hantavirus (specifically the Andes virus) through an initial, pre-boarding exposure to rodent droppings in South America
The ship itself is not seeing any cases between passengers, at least as far as I've seen in reports
I think the point is there aren't so many butts on Lemmy spreading misinformation. Of course there are a lot of idiots on here, but their ability to post BS is limited.
Long incubation period + passengers ending their cruises in different places. Once they figured out it was spreading on the ship it was quarantined but by then several people had already left.
Tried to screenshot the insane shit YouTube showed me on the default feed, but I'm getting a "You can't take screenshots of YouTube" warning through my phone.
I barely heard anything about it, except for the fact that it has something to do with rodents. Does anyone know if that includes domesticated rodents (specifically in Central Europe) and whether the virus dies when frozen? Cause I have plenty of contact with frozen rats, mice, african soft fur rats and rabbits atm.
Viruses usually survive quite fine when frozen. Viruses aren't really alive so in order to "kill" them you're looking for something that will destroy their DNA.
You want something like high heat, UV, or bleach. Also just stuff like wearing face coverings and gloves should be enough, after all I am assuming you're not planning to eat them.
Idk if I can technically call him my father-in-law because he died before I had the chance to meet/know him, but my husband's dad caught hantavirus in the very early 90s. It slowly killed him - deteriorating his motor skills and his mind along the way. My husband was his driver at 15 because his dad couldn't walk by that point. He reached a point where he frequently made some pretty out-of-character and erratic/destructive decisions that negatively impacted their family in a big way. He eventually committed suicide when my husband was 16.
From everything I've heard about my father-in-law prior to hantavirus (and before it wreaked havoc on his body and mind), he was a brilliant, hard working, dedicated, and warm man. Sounds like he was a kickass dad too.
The scare was for a good reason. It's not transmissable from human to human, but it's a good reminder to be FUCKING CAREFUL AROUND RATS AND ANY AREAS WHERE RATS MAY HAVE BEEN.
74 Comments
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 87d
The alleged Reddit reaction is the only one actually mirroring the virology community. Good job, Reddit amalgam someone made up.
Chumpeon@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 87d
pmk@piefed.ca · 204 pts · 87d
Top five Linux distros to try out while quarantined.
Bullerfar@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 87d
Hahahaha this is so true xD
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 86d
I run Hanta Montana btw
zurohki@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 86d
Heathen! Switch to Temple OS.
sinextitan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
Arch bro 👍
te_abstract_art@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 85d
Hantavirus uses Arch, btw
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 78 pts · 87d
"it's all because of capitalism."
Chumpeon@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 87d
Saapas@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 87d
A virus outbreak like thid would never happen in a socialist country!
Chumpeon@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 87d
then_three_more@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
🤒🔫
Saapas@piefed.zip · 0 pts · 87d
A socialist country would get a handle on it before it would spread 😤
Chumpeon@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 86d
WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism
Saapas@piefed.zip · 0 pts · 86d
That or downplay it and try to keep it a secret from World Health Organization like greedy capitalists would in search of their endless profits 🤬
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 87d
Of course. Just do the North Korean approach and shoot the infected. Problem solved.
Saapas@piefed.zip · -2 pts · 87d
China would never let this happen either!
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 86d
No vacation, no virus spread!!
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 87d
Indicative of how the West truly is a virus on the soul
midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 87d
Stockpiling memes, just in case
Chumpeon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 87d
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 3 pts · 87d
They love memes, everybody knows that.
Chumpeon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 87d
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 87d
meowing
MrNesser@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
Hiss
red_tomato@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 87d
Complain how other social media is covering it
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 8 pts · 87d
Rooting for the virus to take down civilization.
akwd169@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 86d
Or at least take me down, im cool with either 🤙
WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 86d
They've embraced open-source by sequencing the virus's DNA and providing detailed and simple instructions for anyone to reproduce it at home!
dafunk@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 87d
anise@quokk.au · 1 pts · 86d
from what I have seen a mix of reddit and tiktok
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 87d
COVID-19 wasn’t the next Spanish Flu, until it was.
I HOPE it’s just another SARS/MERS thing, but it’s too early to tell.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 86d
It's a known virus, so seems like a nothingburger to me (except a handful of people dying, that's of course horrible).
WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 86d
There are plenty of known viruses that we don't worry about simply because we've been lucky enough to keep them contained in very localized areas. But an epidemiologist could rattle off a whole series of viruses that they would say, "if this ever gets out and blows up, we are fucked."
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 86d
Covid was a SARS virus tho?? literally SARS-CoV-2
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 86d
It wasn't the Spanish Flu even at its worst (roughly a third the mortality rate with a much faster and farther reach absent any properly quarantining).
Much like with the AIDS epidemic or the Ebola outbreak, Hauntavirus has a slower rate of spread and avoidable vector for transmission, but a significantly higher mortality rate.
It's scary for different reasons.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 86d
You sure you're not talking about regular hantavirus? Most strains can't transmit from person to person; they require vectors such as mice and other rodents. But the variant people are worried about is capable of spreading directly from person to person. Cruise ships and plains may make it easy to transmit viruses that require close personal contact. But they're not exactly known for their rodent infestations.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 86d
The ship itself is not seeing any cases between passengers, at least as far as I've seen in reports
WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
Hopefully that's the case.
yeather@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 86d
Also, no one on the flights has confirmed Hantavirus either. The Flight Attendant is still an unknown but in testing.
Fishy@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 87d
Instagram is more racist than Facebook? I don’t use either but I’m behind the times
shneancy@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 86d
Facebook has old racism, Instagram has new racism
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 86d
Something borrowed, something blue.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 86d
Xitter already pushing Ivermectin
testaccount789@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 86d
Intravenous bleach when?
ickplant@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 86d
Hopefully soon, cause this time we’re not stopping them.
Eheran@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 86d
Wait, we were supposed to stop them last time?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 86d
bleach enema.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 86d
You need better YouTube subs, cuz all of mine that are talking about it are saying how much of a non-issue it is
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 86d
Mine aren't saying anything about it at all.
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 85d
Every time somebody complains about YouTube it's always because they don't actually have any subscriptions and they're just looking at the front page.
The front page of YouTube is indeed rubbish, no one should be looking at that.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 86d
Are they saying it in a gravely voice while extolling the virtues of an all-meat diet?
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
You must be thinking about the people telling you how bad it will be in one breath and trying to sell you ivermectin in the next
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 86d
You can scoff at the effectiveness of ivermectin all you like, but I'm a horse.
EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
Everyone should take ivermectin for hantavirus and covid-19 to deplete the global supply. Sincerely, Horse worms
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 86d
or a cow, or livestock/
Folstar@lemmus.org · 12 pts · 86d
Brutal self own for Lemmy
echodot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 85d
I think the point is there aren't so many butts on Lemmy spreading misinformation. Of course there are a lot of idiots on here, but their ability to post BS is limited.
Mika@piefed.ca · 12 pts · 87d
But seriously, why weren't they properly quarantined? We learned nothing from the previous case.
shneancy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 86d
afaik, some people got off the cruise before they realised there was an outbreak - and it's those who are currently the issue
carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 86d
Long incubation period + passengers ending their cruises in different places. Once they figured out it was spreading on the ship it was quarantined but by then several people had already left.
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 86d
Joking, or don't understand cruise ships?
Etterra@discuss.online · 7 pts · 86d
What YouTube videos are you watching? Because nobody in my sub list is fucking insane.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 86d
Tried to screenshot the insane shit YouTube showed me on the default feed, but I'm getting a "You can't take screenshots of YouTube" warning through my phone.
python@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 86d
I barely heard anything about it, except for the fact that it has something to do with rodents. Does anyone know if that includes domesticated rodents (specifically in Central Europe) and whether the virus dies when frozen? Cause I have plenty of contact with frozen rats, mice, african soft fur rats and rabbits atm.
echodot@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 85d
Viruses usually survive quite fine when frozen. Viruses aren't really alive so in order to "kill" them you're looking for something that will destroy their DNA.
You want something like high heat, UV, or bleach. Also just stuff like wearing face coverings and gloves should be enough, after all I am assuming you're not planning to eat them.
echodot@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 85d
Oh is there a new world ending virus? Perhaps trump will suggest injecting bleach again, you never know, it could be a good thing.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
Threads has to be in there. Racist conspiracy blaming anything democrat.
Nextdoor, if you have it: Is it a bomb!?! We’re all going to die plus praise Jesus stuff and blaming democrats.
enphurgen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 86d
I remember a hantavirus scare back in the 90s, this too shall pass
halfeatenpotato@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 86d
Idk if I can technically call him my father-in-law because he died before I had the chance to meet/know him, but my husband's dad caught hantavirus in the very early 90s. It slowly killed him - deteriorating his motor skills and his mind along the way. My husband was his driver at 15 because his dad couldn't walk by that point. He reached a point where he frequently made some pretty out-of-character and erratic/destructive decisions that negatively impacted their family in a big way. He eventually committed suicide when my husband was 16.
From everything I've heard about my father-in-law prior to hantavirus (and before it wreaked havoc on his body and mind), he was a brilliant, hard working, dedicated, and warm man. Sounds like he was a kickass dad too.
The scare was for a good reason. It's not transmissable from human to human, but it's a good reminder to be FUCKING CAREFUL AROUND RATS AND ANY AREAS WHERE RATS MAY HAVE BEEN.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 86d
::: spoiler you remember the sars scare back in the early 2000s too? that was SARS-CoV-1 :::
enphurgen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 86d
I remember the killer bees that never came as well. The only thing that seems to remain constant is that people like to spread fear and overreact.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 86d
Well the sars thing came back with a vengeance didn't it?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 86d
instead we had giant hornets.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 86d
depends on which one, the hantavirus from korea is the scary one, sin nombre in the states is the next most virulent one.
OldGrayDog@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 86d
Just wait til it mutates. It's going to be the zombie apocalypse. 😪🤧🤒😷💀👻
1984@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 86d
Special media needs to be called toxic media or something.