• Pyr@lemmy.ca
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    Hantavirus has been around forever.

    Is there a particular reason these few cases have been focused on so hard in the news other than typical fear mongering?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      Viruses mutate, in case you weren’t aware, if a strain starts transmitting easily between humans then we’ll have another major pandemic.

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        Of course I’m aware, that’s why I asked if there was a particular reason everyone was freaking out

        Is it a particularly bad unique mutation then?

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          Well, this one is human transmissible, and it may be fairly easily transmissible given that several people got sick on the same cruise. So now we’re waiting to find out if people who came back to Canada are carriers or not. Also, apparently they’re self isolating for 30 days while it can take up to 8 weeks to develop. 🤷

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      Well, we’re at the sixty day point where congressional approval is required for the war to continue, so if I were prone to conspiracy theory, I might see the inflation of a non story like this as a back burner option in case misdirection is needed.

      Apparently this is a strain that can be transmitted from person to person though, so who knows?