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minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-23 days ago If I was confined in those close quarters I’d probably contract something, too. I don’t think you understand: human-to-human transmission of hantavirus is insanely rare, to the point its existence is credibly disputed as of 2021. That isn’t to say “panic” – just that this is well outside the norm for hantavirus if true.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI do understand that, and I think the reason it may have happened now is because people are crammed together on a boat.
I don’t think you understand: human-to-human transmission of hantavirus is insanely rare, to the point its existence is credibly disputed as of 2021.
That isn’t to say “panic” – just that this is well outside the norm for hantavirus if true.
I do understand that, and I think the reason it may have happened now is because people are crammed together on a boat.