Cruise ships really are floating cities one outbreak and suddenly half the world is contact tracing 😬
Resident_Resident154 on
Every new update makes the situation sound less contained than before.
Late_Pirate_5112 on
How much do we (as in humanity) know about this virus? I keep seeing contradicting reports about how contageous it is and how long the incubation time is etc.
Some of this could just be media hype fishing for clicks, but at the same time it seems to be more infectious than scientists are claiming?
swedishplayer97 on
Christ clickbait headline made it sound like there’s been 40 new cases on St. Helena. We already know 40 passengers disembarked; we don’t yet know if any are infected.
Anal-buttsex on
Idc, come get us
Healthylife55 on
St helena is so remote, how did hantavirus even get there
roller_coaster325 on
I don’t think this virus has the potential to become a pandemic. Any virologists that have been interviewed have said as much.
However, that doesn’t make an interesting news story.
Front_Promise_5991 on
Are they eating rats in Argentina or what?
Bats, rats. What’s next?
IH8Lyfeee on
Yet another reason why cruise ships are the dumbest thing ever invented.
DoNotDareToBanMe on
this wont age well
Flynn_lives on
Mk48 torpedo is salivating.
dvb70 on
The main thing that’s stuck out about this cruise is how weird it is. It seems to have spent almost all it’s time at sea crossing the Atlantic and it’s a pretty small cruise boat to be cooped up on for long periods. Also being small and coming up from the south Atlantic I can’t imagine it’s been smooth sailing. I can’t quite see who this was aimed at. Maybe it was one of those cheap cruises to move a ship from one part of the world to another in preparation for another cruise.
I know this has nothing to do with the virus story but it’s just what stuck out in my mind when I saw the route the ship has taken.
Aware-Mulberry5516 on
Have we confirmed this is Andes virus and not a freshly emergent strain of hantavirus?
Edit: On a quick search, yes, it is lab confirmed to be the Andes variant.
Floschi123456 on
Boy, do I look forward to knitting again during the lockdown. Good times!
wigznet on
Don’t worry, RFK Jr. is on the case everybody!
cpteric on
I am alwas amazed how hard can it be to find and trace someone when you’re tracked every step of the way on any trip or transaction through multiple airports, frontiers, ticket purchases…
Regardless of how big this thing is, nothingburger or “shit, here we go again”, the fact that everyone originating from the trip or in the flights of the st. helen early-leavers hasn’t yet been found by all means, isolated and hurried for testing, is absurd.
One thinks we could’ve learnt from covid.
CathodeRaySamurai on
GTA_SA_AwShitHereWeGoAgain.gif
Life_Without_Lemon on
Why are they releasing them… quarantine everyone on another ship. Doesn’t hurt to take precautions especially the amount of damage Covid caused.
krozarEQ on
Another virus going to take over the world and I still haven’t left Hernand yet!
danicass on
Yup… It’s confirmed… We can invest in toilet paper stocks again
AskMeAboutMyHermoids on
Gotta get my new sour dough starter ready
TheFoxsWeddingTarot on
Releasing it on a population the size and remoteness of St Helena seems like it could potentially wipe out the entire island.
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Cruise ships really are floating cities one outbreak and suddenly half the world is contact tracing 😬
Every new update makes the situation sound less contained than before.
How much do we (as in humanity) know about this virus? I keep seeing contradicting reports about how contageous it is and how long the incubation time is etc.
Some of this could just be media hype fishing for clicks, but at the same time it seems to be more infectious than scientists are claiming?
Christ clickbait headline made it sound like there’s been 40 new cases on St. Helena. We already know 40 passengers disembarked; we don’t yet know if any are infected.
Idc, come get us
St helena is so remote, how did hantavirus even get there
I don’t think this virus has the potential to become a pandemic. Any virologists that have been interviewed have said as much.
However, that doesn’t make an interesting news story.
Are they eating rats in Argentina or what?
Bats, rats. What’s next?
Yet another reason why cruise ships are the dumbest thing ever invented.
this wont age well
Mk48 torpedo is salivating.
The main thing that’s stuck out about this cruise is how weird it is. It seems to have spent almost all it’s time at sea crossing the Atlantic and it’s a pretty small cruise boat to be cooped up on for long periods. Also being small and coming up from the south Atlantic I can’t imagine it’s been smooth sailing. I can’t quite see who this was aimed at. Maybe it was one of those cheap cruises to move a ship from one part of the world to another in preparation for another cruise.
I know this has nothing to do with the virus story but it’s just what stuck out in my mind when I saw the route the ship has taken.
Have we confirmed this is Andes virus and not a freshly emergent strain of hantavirus?
Edit: On a quick search, yes, it is lab confirmed to be the Andes variant.
Boy, do I look forward to knitting again during the lockdown. Good times!
Don’t worry, RFK Jr. is on the case everybody!
I am alwas amazed how hard can it be to find and trace someone when you’re tracked every step of the way on any trip or transaction through multiple airports, frontiers, ticket purchases…
Regardless of how big this thing is, nothingburger or “shit, here we go again”, the fact that everyone originating from the trip or in the flights of the st. helen early-leavers hasn’t yet been found by all means, isolated and hurried for testing, is absurd.
One thinks we could’ve learnt from covid.
GTA_SA_AwShitHereWeGoAgain.gif
Why are they releasing them… quarantine everyone on another ship. Doesn’t hurt to take precautions especially the amount of damage Covid caused.
Another virus going to take over the world and I still haven’t left Hernand yet!
Yup… It’s confirmed… We can invest in toilet paper stocks again
Gotta get my new sour dough starter ready
Releasing it on a population the size and remoteness of St Helena seems like it could potentially wipe out the entire island.