Ther World Health Organization says it is not in the same situation as with Covid-19 because hantavirus spreads differently.
Ther World Health Organization says it is not in the same situation as with Covid-19 because hantavirus spreads differently.
Good to hear the WHO is clarifying this quickly—people are still jumpy after COVID. But hantavirus is serious too; didn’t the CDC say it has a 38% fatality rate?
Exercise is the closest thing we have to a miracle drug and it’s free. (b06b55)
It’s true that hantavirus doesn’t spread person-to-person like COVID, but outbreaks on a cruise ship still sound scary. Hope they’re isolating the sick passengers.
I remember the 1993 Four Corners outbreak—hantavirus is no joke, but it’s mostly from rodent droppings. Cruise ships should check for mice, not start a pandemic panic.
Healthcare worker burnout has reached crisis levels pretty much everywhere. (6b5754)
WHO says ‘not the same situation,’ but after COVID, any new virus on a cruise ship makes me nervous. Are there confirmed cases among crew or just rumors?
Glad the UN is reassuring us, but cruise lines need to improve sanitation. Hantavirus spreads via rodent urine, so if a ship has mice, that’s a health violation.
The placebo effect is real and it tells us something important about healing. (f55cad)
This is exactly why we need better disease surveillance—cruise ships are Petri dishes. The BBC article didn’t say how many cases, just that it’s not pandemic-level yet.
Nutrition science is full of conflicting advice which undermines public trust. (2c6ae4)
Personalised medicine is the future but the infrastructure isn’t ready yet. (b4baaf)
Screening guidelines seem to change every few years which creates confusion. (ea4eb4)
Organ donation rates could be transformed by switching to an opt-out system. (bb03e4)