Hantavirus stocking up?

[Anonymous]

Huh, I grew up in the Southwest and we had a hantavirus outbreak in the early 90s. That strain showed no ability to transmit human to human, but it became very widespread in the rodent population, so I remember a lot of messaging around taking extreme caution when cleaning out or even spending time in spaces likely to have rodent droppings. There was some paranoia at the time but you were just advised to wear an N95 type mask while doing things like sweeping out the basement or checking a crawl space, which honestly is a good idea regardless.

The Andes strain has some minimal ability to transmit human to human but it doesn't travel well. So unless you plan on sniffing rat droppings in South American anytime soon, you're probably fine.

It's wild to me how this is being reported and received by some members of the public. I mean, it's not totally nothing but it's nothing like Covid. There were only two confirmed cases on that whole ship and those two people were quarantined. There's no evidence that hantavirus spreads via asymptomatic transmission, either. So you can calm down. This is not Covid 2.0.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I grew up in the Southwest and we had a hantavirus outbreak in the early 90s. That strain showed no ability to transmit human to human, but it became very widespread in the rodent population, so I remember a lot of messaging around taking extreme caution when cleaning out or even spending time in spaces likely to have rodent droppings. There was some paranoia at the time but you were just advised to wear an N95 type mask while doing things like sweeping out the basement or checking a crawl space, which honestly is a good idea regardless.

The Andes strain has some minimal ability to transmit human to human but it doesn't travel well. So unless you plan on sniffing rat droppings in South American anytime soon, you're probably fine.

It's wild to me how this is being reported and received by some members of the public. I mean, it's not totally nothing but it's nothing like Covid. There were only two confirmed cases on that whole ship and those two people were quarantined. There's no evidence that hantavirus spreads via asymptomatic transmission, either. So you can calm down. This is not Covid 2.0.

There are 11 confirmed cases now… seems like it does spread from person to person a bit better than they originally thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I grew up in the Southwest and we had a hantavirus outbreak in the early 90s. That strain showed no ability to transmit human to human, but it became very widespread in the rodent population, so I remember a lot of messaging around taking extreme caution when cleaning out or even spending time in spaces likely to have rodent droppings. There was some paranoia at the time but you were just advised to wear an N95 type mask while doing things like sweeping out the basement or checking a crawl space, which honestly is a good idea regardless.

The Andes strain has some minimal ability to transmit human to human but it doesn't travel well. So unless you plan on sniffing rat droppings in South American anytime soon, you're probably fine.

It's wild to me how this is being reported and received by some members of the public. I mean, it's not totally nothing but it's nothing like Covid. There were only two confirmed cases on that whole ship and those two people were quarantined. There's no evidence that hantavirus spreads via asymptomatic transmission, either. So you can calm down. This is not Covid 2.0.

There are 11 confirmed cases now… seems like it does spread from person to person a bit better than they originally thought.

All confirmed cases have been people on the boat. There's one person off the boat who interacted with a passenger and is now being watched as symptomatic, but she is not yet confirmed to have hantavirus. She made that just be sick (she's a flight attendant).

For the people on the boat, it's impossible to know if any were infected by other people versus being infected by the same non-human source.

So no, there's no indication it spreads easily between people. This strain has been shown to have only minimal ability to spread from human contact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't people ALWAYS leave Costoco with a bunch of toilet paper? Also, some people have never stopped wearing masks. I see them everywhere.

This! I always wear a mask at Costco, and most times I buy TP too...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wear a face mask every single day, so it's not a special hantavirus protocol, just a daily "protecting my damaged immune system from sick idiots in public" protocol.

You do understand how your immune system works?

Apparently better than you do. You do understand Covid killed our immune systems and repeated illness only makes it worse? No, "exercising it" does not help and yes, vaccines do. Now that I've cleared that up, I'll keep masking on metro and at Costco anyway.

[Anonymous]

Hantavirus turns OFF your immune system, then fully attacks the lungs. That’s why it’s so lethal.

[Anonymous]

I’m not stocking up due to hantavirus, I anticipate more inflation due to pointless war that no one wants. Prices will all go up, buy now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Huh, I grew up in the Southwest and we had a hantavirus outbreak in the early 90s. That strain showed no ability to transmit human to human, but it became very widespread in the rodent population, so I remember a lot of messaging around taking extreme caution when cleaning out or even spending time in spaces likely to have rodent droppings. There was some paranoia at the time but you were just advised to wear an N95 type mask while doing things like sweeping out the basement or checking a crawl space, which honestly is a good idea regardless.

The Andes strain has some minimal ability to transmit human to human but it doesn't travel well. So unless you plan on sniffing rat droppings in South American anytime soon, you're probably fine.

It's wild to me how this is being reported and received by some members of the public. I mean, it's not totally nothing but it's nothing like Covid. There were only two confirmed cases on that whole ship and those two people were quarantined. There's no evidence that hantavirus spreads via asymptomatic transmission, either. So you can calm down. This is not Covid 2.0.

There are 11 confirmed cases now… seems like it does spread from person to person a bit better than they originally thought.

All confirmed cases have been people on the boat. There's one person off the boat who interacted with a passenger and is now being watched as symptomatic, but she is not yet confirmed to have hantavirus. She made that just be sick (she's a flight attendant).

For the people on the boat, it's impossible to know if any were infected by other people versus being infected by the same non-human source.

So no, there's no indication it spreads easily between people. This strain has been shown to have only minimal ability to spread from human contact.

The two who were first infected caught it at a landfill and brought it on the ship. It was then passed around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I grew up in the Southwest and we had a hantavirus outbreak in the early 90s. That strain showed no ability to transmit human to human, but it became very widespread in the rodent population, so I remember a lot of messaging around taking extreme caution when cleaning out or even spending time in spaces likely to have rodent droppings. There was some paranoia at the time but you were just advised to wear an N95 type mask while doing things like sweeping out the basement or checking a crawl space, which honestly is a good idea regardless.

The Andes strain has some minimal ability to transmit human to human but it doesn't travel well. So unless you plan on sniffing rat droppings in South American anytime soon, you're probably fine.

It's wild to me how this is being reported and received by some members of the public. I mean, it's not totally nothing but it's nothing like Covid. There were only two confirmed cases on that whole ship and those two people were quarantined. There's no evidence that hantavirus spreads via asymptomatic transmission, either. So you can calm down. This is not Covid 2.0.

There are 11 confirmed cases now… seems like it does spread from person to person a bit better than they originally thought.

All confirmed cases have been people on the boat. There's one person off the boat who interacted with a passenger and is now being watched as symptomatic, but she is not yet confirmed to have hantavirus. She made that just be sick (she's a flight attendant).

For the people on the boat, it's impossible to know if any were infected by other people versus being infected by the same non-human source.

So no, there's no indication it spreads easily between people. This strain has been shown to have only minimal ability to spread from human contact.

The two who were first infected caught it at a landfill and brought it on the ship. It was then passed around.

Well it seems like as long as you are prepared to avoid rat-infested landfills and cruise ships, you are likely safe.

I also wonder if the reason it spread on the ship is because people caught it from the people who'd been to the landfill, or because those people tracked rat droppings or urine onto the ship and people caught it from that original source. Either way I'm not particularly concerned here. It is not highly contagious person-to-person.

[Anonymous]

We've just remained stocked up since COVID, rotating stuff in and out.

Between incompetent government and potential natural disasters it just seemed like the right thing to do at the moment.

[Anonymous]

I'm way more concerned about measles, which is much more infectious and closer to us.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh, I grew up in the Southwest and we had a hantavirus outbreak in the early 90s. That strain showed no ability to transmit human to human, but it became very widespread in the rodent population, so I remember a lot of messaging around taking extreme caution when cleaning out or even spending time in spaces likely to have rodent droppings. There was some paranoia at the time but you were just advised to wear an N95 type mask while doing things like sweeping out the basement or checking a crawl space, which honestly is a good idea regardless.

The Andes strain has some minimal ability to transmit human to human but it doesn't travel well. So unless you plan on sniffing rat droppings in South American anytime soon, you're probably fine.

It's wild to me how this is being reported and received by some members of the public. I mean, it's not totally nothing but it's nothing like Covid. There were only two confirmed cases on that whole ship and those two people were quarantined. There's no evidence that hantavirus spreads via asymptomatic transmission, either. So you can calm down. This is not Covid 2.0.

There are 11 confirmed cases now… seems like it does spread from person to person a bit better than they originally thought.

All confirmed cases have been people on the boat. There's one person off the boat who interacted with a passenger and is now being watched as symptomatic, but she is not yet confirmed to have hantavirus. She made that just be sick (she's a flight attendant).

For the people on the boat, it's impossible to know if any were infected by other people versus being infected by the same non-human source.

So no, there's no indication it spreads easily between people. This strain has been shown to have only minimal ability to spread from human contact.

The two who were first infected caught it at a landfill and brought it on the ship. It was then passed around.

Well it seems like as long as you are prepared to avoid rat-infested landfills and cruise ships, you are likely safe.

I also wonder if the reason it spread on the ship is because people caught it from the people who'd been to the landfill, or because those people tracked rat droppings or urine onto the ship and people caught it from that original source. Either way I'm not particularly concerned here. It is not highly contagious person-to-person.

The virus is not that hardy that they could track it in on their shoes and spread it around. It's from contact. But agree this virus does not replicate as easily person to person the way other respiratory viruses do.