Hopefully no one on St. Helena is infected. A small isolated island like that is a terrible place to get sick with a rare virus: they don’t have the health infrastructure to handle it and it would be extremely difficult to move that infrastructure there. Flying patients out is possible, but the logistics are tricky, not to mention the cost.
Hoping this is a big nothing burger.
HelloSlowly on
The virus has a fatality rate of 30% to COVID’s ~~2.7%.~~ 0.9% case mortality rate. Something like that would kill itself off to be a pandemic.
The issue is it has a very high incubation period of 40 to 60 days to COVID’s 6 to 8.
That’s the big issue.
And those of you who’ve played Plague Inc know that’s a great combination (to win the game)
Delicious-Gap-1894 on
Make them stay on the ship
StrangerBright1289 on
How deadly is it? Don’t super deadly viruses have a hard time reaching pandemic levels? Not trying to downplay, just hoping that it doesn’t spread like crazy. Scary stuff
thatguy5432112345 on
Pandemic 2! Wasn’t ready for a sequel
oneonus on
Ban all cruise ships, breeding grounds for viruses and horrible for the environment as well.
76timesthecharm on
Hey America, good thing you’ve got a brain worm running your health department, and a demented rapist pedophile as his boss.
OcieDenver on
Let it be the ultimate test for the US Secretary of Health with no medical degree.
Livingsimply_Rob on
Oh my the conspiracy zealots, and the religious extremist are going to eat this up.
Gilchester on
Lol I did a project on hantavirus in a GIS class during my Masters and was like “this is a silly little (albeit very serious) infection that seems to only exist in a small area of the US. Weird seeing it blow up on the national stage like this.
Squeepty on
All we need is another pandemic under orange baboon and KFC junior…
shun_tak on
I’ve already got my toilet paper 😂
xdeltax97 on
Fuuuuuucckk
4_max_4 on
So R0 is below 1 for the Andes’ strain which means only very close contacts are at risk. However, this is – of course – not counting the virus’ ability to mutate into a more virulent form which may have happened already increasing spreadability.
monkeybawz on
Cruise ships are gross. Like vacationing in a Petri dish.
MattHonkylips on
My millennial ass is ready for another “Once in a Generation” disaster.
r3deemd on
What some seem to be missing here is that there are many cases of the Hantavirus each year in the Americas and EU. While the mortalilty rate is a lot higher than Covid, the transmission rate is much MUCH lower, particularly the Andes version.
This is not a here we go again moment
WorldofCannons on
My body is ready to stay home again
lonigus on
Doing some research into Hantavirus was very interesting to say the least. It seems to have a short, but intense timespan for spreading upon showing symptoms, but paired with the long incubation time it can pose a significant risk in less developed countries with high population density. I dont think such short transmition timespan risk will cause it to spread fast enough to not be contained, but as mentrioned a big question mark are countries like India, Bangladesh or Africa.
SuperJay on
Bad sign.
Commercial-Group4859 on
The moment those passengers got off the boat and into airplanes after the first patiend died, it was out of our hands.
Due-Savings5057 on
Have they ruled out the possibility that this is a new variant of the Andes strain? A more infectious variant?
gofthrora on
There are a lot of over zealous doomers here. This is not a huge deal. These outbreaks happen. It sucks but viruses this deadly are not pandemic material.
sharrrper on
Incorrect and somewhat inflammatory headline. There are 5 people in 3 countries that were mostly moved there specifically for treatment after becoming ill aboard ship.
There are individuals who were on the ship in other countries being monitored and/or tested but so far none are showing symptoms.
Situation needs to be monitored but we are far from a widespread crisis at this point.
Jericho-X on
Scramble to contain? They were on a fucking boat, how hard could it be?
serpenta on
>Argentina’s leading hypothesis is that a Dutch couple may have been exposed to rodents while visiting the landfill during the tour in the city of Ushuaia, contracting the virus before boarding the cruise ship, two Argentine officials investigating the origins of the outbreak told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
My Facebook feed is about to be filled with unemployed epidemiologists again.
DogsRloveDogsRlife on
Are they scrambling to contain it? It really doesn’t feel like they are
Hulksterx on
Earth really is tying to shake us off like a bad case of fleas.
ctyldsley on
SCRAMBLE, bro the WHO just put out a statement “there is no indication to date that there is something further unusual”. We’re currently talking about 5 cases in world of 8.3 billion people.
The only people scrambling are the media on this.
ItyBityGreenieWeenie on
The cruise that keeps on giving.
SoRedditHasAnAppNow on
Oh (d)rats!
Jerimus1 on
I am not looking forward to old men bringing up a new virus instead of the weather for small talk situations
Nayten03 on
Ffs , what a decade this has been and it’s still not over
handsomecaat on
Whatever take me out
Prudent_Situation_29 on
I have an idea: there’s a viral outbreak on a boat. Let’s start removing people from the ship. Let’s not remember there’s a thing called quarantine meant for precisely this purpose.
Why am I cursed to be surrounded by morons? I feel like this is the twilight zone.
Obliviousobi on
Let’s go! I’m ready for the next possibly world ending event!
Sucks to millennial.
spanky_dangles on
Trumps gonna give the virus 2 weeks to accept his terms
WInativemm on
Well, at least if we have an outbreak here in the United States we have great leadership to keep it under control and everyone safe. Wait oh shit.
h22lude on
They were already containing it. Everyone was on a ship. They should have stayed on the ship or at least kept in an isolated building to provide food and medical care. It was really stupid to allow anyone out of quarantine, especially out on a plane. Just when I think society has done the dumbest thing possible, people keep proving me wrong and do something dumber
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Here we go 🫩🫩
Thank god the US withdrew from WHO -.-
Hopefully no one on St. Helena is infected. A small isolated island like that is a terrible place to get sick with a rare virus: they don’t have the health infrastructure to handle it and it would be extremely difficult to move that infrastructure there. Flying patients out is possible, but the logistics are tricky, not to mention the cost.
Hoping this is a big nothing burger.
The virus has a fatality rate of 30% to COVID’s ~~2.7%.~~ 0.9% case mortality rate. Something like that would kill itself off to be a pandemic.
The issue is it has a very high incubation period of 40 to 60 days to COVID’s 6 to 8.
That’s the big issue.
And those of you who’ve played Plague Inc know that’s a great combination (to win the game)
Make them stay on the ship
How deadly is it? Don’t super deadly viruses have a hard time reaching pandemic levels? Not trying to downplay, just hoping that it doesn’t spread like crazy. Scary stuff
Pandemic 2! Wasn’t ready for a sequel
Ban all cruise ships, breeding grounds for viruses and horrible for the environment as well.
Hey America, good thing you’ve got a brain worm running your health department, and a demented rapist pedophile as his boss.
Let it be the ultimate test for the US Secretary of Health with no medical degree.
Oh my the conspiracy zealots, and the religious extremist are going to eat this up.
Lol I did a project on hantavirus in a GIS class during my Masters and was like “this is a silly little (albeit very serious) infection that seems to only exist in a small area of the US. Weird seeing it blow up on the national stage like this.
All we need is another pandemic under orange baboon and KFC junior…
I’ve already got my toilet paper 😂
Fuuuuuucckk
So R0 is below 1 for the Andes’ strain which means only very close contacts are at risk. However, this is – of course – not counting the virus’ ability to mutate into a more virulent form which may have happened already increasing spreadability.
Cruise ships are gross. Like vacationing in a Petri dish.
My millennial ass is ready for another “Once in a Generation” disaster.
What some seem to be missing here is that there are many cases of the Hantavirus each year in the Americas and EU. While the mortalilty rate is a lot higher than Covid, the transmission rate is much MUCH lower, particularly the Andes version.
This is not a here we go again moment
My body is ready to stay home again
Doing some research into Hantavirus was very interesting to say the least. It seems to have a short, but intense timespan for spreading upon showing symptoms, but paired with the long incubation time it can pose a significant risk in less developed countries with high population density. I dont think such short transmition timespan risk will cause it to spread fast enough to not be contained, but as mentrioned a big question mark are countries like India, Bangladesh or Africa.
Bad sign.
The moment those passengers got off the boat and into airplanes after the first patiend died, it was out of our hands.
Have they ruled out the possibility that this is a new variant of the Andes strain? A more infectious variant?
There are a lot of over zealous doomers here. This is not a huge deal. These outbreaks happen. It sucks but viruses this deadly are not pandemic material.
Incorrect and somewhat inflammatory headline. There are 5 people in 3 countries that were mostly moved there specifically for treatment after becoming ill aboard ship.
There are individuals who were on the ship in other countries being monitored and/or tested but so far none are showing symptoms.
Situation needs to be monitored but we are far from a widespread crisis at this point.
Scramble to contain? They were on a fucking boat, how hard could it be?
>Argentina’s leading hypothesis is that a Dutch couple may have been exposed to rodents while visiting the landfill during the tour in the city of Ushuaia, contracting the virus before boarding the cruise ship, two Argentine officials investigating the origins of the outbreak told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
GOALS
[https://www.foxnews.com/world/argentina-investigators-zero-possible-origin-point-hantavirus-deadly-cruise-outbreak](https://www.foxnews.com/world/argentina-investigators-zero-possible-origin-point-hantavirus-deadly-cruise-outbreak)
My Facebook feed is about to be filled with unemployed epidemiologists again.
Are they scrambling to contain it? It really doesn’t feel like they are
Earth really is tying to shake us off like a bad case of fleas.
SCRAMBLE, bro the WHO just put out a statement “there is no indication to date that there is something further unusual”. We’re currently talking about 5 cases in world of 8.3 billion people.
The only people scrambling are the media on this.
The cruise that keeps on giving.
Oh (d)rats!
I am not looking forward to old men bringing up a new virus instead of the weather for small talk situations
Ffs , what a decade this has been and it’s still not over
Whatever take me out
I have an idea: there’s a viral outbreak on a boat. Let’s start removing people from the ship. Let’s not remember there’s a thing called quarantine meant for precisely this purpose.
Why am I cursed to be surrounded by morons? I feel like this is the twilight zone.
Let’s go! I’m ready for the next possibly world ending event!
Sucks to millennial.
Trumps gonna give the virus 2 weeks to accept his terms
Well, at least if we have an outbreak here in the United States we have great leadership to keep it under control and everyone safe. Wait oh shit.
They were already containing it. Everyone was on a ship. They should have stayed on the ship or at least kept in an isolated building to provide food and medical care. It was really stupid to allow anyone out of quarantine, especially out on a plane. Just when I think society has done the dumbest thing possible, people keep proving me wrong and do something dumber