>“We do know that some of the cases had very close contact with each other and certainly human-to-human transmission can’t be ruled out so as a precaution this is what we are assuming,” Dr. Maria Van Kerhove, WHO’s Director for Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, told reporters.
I think CNN is taking this quote ~~a bit~~ completely out of context. Dr. WHO is saying that they have to respond *as if it’s the worst case scenario* because there’s a chance it could be transmitting human to human, but it’s out of an abundance of caution for everyone’s safety. “Suspected” is too strong a word. “Can’t be ruled out” ≠ suspected
oneonus on
Cruises are horrible for the environment as well, don’t see the appeal.
No_Detail9259 on
Keep it at sea.
VeryluckyorNot on
I see more often hantavirus news poping lately. What happened ? Covid 2.0 strikes again?
Wurschd on
“Discover the world on our hantavirus cruise ship”
Legalize_Ligma on
DOCK IT IN THE US
HumansNeedNotApply1 on
They need to send a hospital ship to quarantine and treat these people as the ship can’t be allowed to dock.
Known_Limit_6904 on
Fire, lots of fire
MVIVN on
It better not dock.
GuessTraining on
Suspected is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
ProjectNo4090 on
Transfer the crew and passengers to a hospital ship and have the US navy torpedo the ship. It can be used for a training exercise.
dextercho83 on
That’s with every diagnosis, always assume the worst and work down from there
quantizeddreams on
Oh look…. Covid 2: hemorrhagic bungalow
OmzyHuncho on
Can’t wait for the Netflix special
EasyRider_Suraj on
The last thing we needed rn was Hantaivirus
cultoftheclave on
can’t spell cruise without “ew”
Beyond_Your_Nose on
Left Argentina April 1st. The virus Transmitted in rats/Arrosol, fecal matter. Maybe vermin got into the food stores then it would explain multiple people getting the virus. Possibly the Andes Strain? Discovered in Argentina, spread by long tailed pigmy rice rat..sounds about right.
Enough with these cruises. They are wrong on so many levels.
Ozymannoches on
Send that ship on a world tour. Speed run global herd immunity = no more hantavirus threat. It’s just common sense! /s😜
phagemasterflex on
The headline is awful and if you read the article they state only that “there was close contact” and “human-to-human transmission cannot be ruled out.”
They literally did not say there was human-to-human transmission, so don’t read into this absolute travesty of a “news” piece from CNN.
Completely bogus headline that doesn’t even match the substance of the article, so classic shit job by big media trying to tear-jerk a public into fear.
unknownpoltroon on
I did not have hauntsvirus pandemic on the bingo card. Bird flu always on there. Still had a spot for new covid.
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>“The risk to the general public is low,” Van Kerkhove emphasized. “This is not a virus that spreads like flu or like COVID. It’s quite different.”
dont let it dock.
Nasty stuff: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthohantavirus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthohantavirus)
Oh that’s just fucking wonderful news.
>“We do know that some of the cases had very close contact with each other and certainly human-to-human transmission can’t be ruled out so as a precaution this is what we are assuming,” Dr. Maria Van Kerhove, WHO’s Director for Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, told reporters.
I think CNN is taking this quote ~~a bit~~ completely out of context. Dr. WHO is saying that they have to respond *as if it’s the worst case scenario* because there’s a chance it could be transmitting human to human, but it’s out of an abundance of caution for everyone’s safety. “Suspected” is too strong a word. “Can’t be ruled out” ≠ suspected
Cruises are horrible for the environment as well, don’t see the appeal.
Keep it at sea.
I see more often hantavirus news poping lately. What happened ? Covid 2.0 strikes again?
“Discover the world on our hantavirus cruise ship”
DOCK IT IN THE US
They need to send a hospital ship to quarantine and treat these people as the ship can’t be allowed to dock.
Fire, lots of fire
It better not dock.
Suspected is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Transfer the crew and passengers to a hospital ship and have the US navy torpedo the ship. It can be used for a training exercise.
That’s with every diagnosis, always assume the worst and work down from there
Oh look…. Covid 2: hemorrhagic bungalow
Can’t wait for the Netflix special
The last thing we needed rn was Hantaivirus
can’t spell cruise without “ew”
Left Argentina April 1st. The virus Transmitted in rats/Arrosol, fecal matter. Maybe vermin got into the food stores then it would explain multiple people getting the virus. Possibly the Andes Strain? Discovered in Argentina, spread by long tailed pigmy rice rat..sounds about right.
More…[more here on Andes Virus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes_virus)
“It’s hantastic!”
Enough with these cruises. They are wrong on so many levels.
Send that ship on a world tour. Speed run global herd immunity = no more hantavirus threat. It’s just common sense! /s😜
The headline is awful and if you read the article they state only that “there was close contact” and “human-to-human transmission cannot be ruled out.”
They literally did not say there was human-to-human transmission, so don’t read into this absolute travesty of a “news” piece from CNN.
Completely bogus headline that doesn’t even match the substance of the article, so classic shit job by big media trying to tear-jerk a public into fear.
I did not have hauntsvirus pandemic on the bingo card. Bird flu always on there. Still had a spot for new covid.
But not this