• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    The alleged Reddit reaction is the only one actually mirroring the virology community. Good job, Reddit amalgam someone made up.

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    COVID-19 wasn’t the next Spanish Flu, until it was.

    I HOPE it’s just another SARS/MERS thing, but it’s too early to tell.

    • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      It’s a known virus, so seems like a nothingburger to me (except a handful of people dying, that’s of course horrible).

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        There are plenty of known viruses that we don’t worry about simply because we’ve been lucky enough to keep them contained in very localized areas. But an epidemiologist could rattle off a whole series of viruses that they would say, “if this ever gets out and blows up, we are fucked.”

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      It wasn’t the Spanish Flu even at its worst (roughly a third the mortality rate with a much faster and farther reach absent any properly quarantining).

      Much like with the AIDS epidemic or the Ebola outbreak, Hauntavirus has a slower rate of spread and avoidable vector for transmission, but a significantly higher mortality rate.

      It’s scary for different reasons.

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        Much like with the AIDS epidemic or the Ebola outbreak, Hauntavirus has a slower rate of spread and avoidable vector for transmission, but a significantly higher mortality rate.

        You sure you’re not talking about regular hantavirus? Most strains can’t transmit from person to person; they require vectors such as mice and other rodents. But the variant people are worried about is capable of spreading directly from person to person. Cruise ships and plains may make it easy to transmit viruses that require close personal contact. But they’re not exactly known for their rodent infestations.

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          But the variant people are worried about is capable of spreading directly from person to person.

          Based on early investigations by health officials in May 2026, passengers on the cruise ship likely contracted hantavirus (specifically the Andes virus) through an initial, pre-boarding exposure to rodent droppings in South America

          The ship itself is not seeing any cases between passengers, at least as far as I’ve seen in reports

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    Instagram is more racist than Facebook? I don’t use either but I’m behind the times

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    You need better YouTube subs, cuz all of mine that are talking about it are saying how much of a non-issue it is

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    But seriously, why weren’t they properly quarantined? We learned nothing from the previous case.

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      I think the point is there aren’t so many butts on Lemmy spreading misinformation. Of course there are a lot of idiots on here, but their ability to post BS is limited.

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    What YouTube videos are you watching? Because nobody in my sub list is fucking insane.

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      What YouTube videos are you watching?

      Tried to screenshot the insane shit YouTube showed me on the default feed, but I’m getting a “You can’t take screenshots of YouTube” warning through my phone.

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    I barely heard anything about it, except for the fact that it has something to do with rodents. Does anyone know if that includes domesticated rodents (specifically in Central Europe) and whether the virus dies when frozen? Cause I have plenty of contact with frozen rats, mice, african soft fur rats and rabbits atm.

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      Viruses usually survive quite fine when frozen. Viruses aren’t really alive so in order to “kill” them you’re looking for something that will destroy their DNA.

      You want something like high heat, UV, or bleach. Also just stuff like wearing face coverings and gloves should be enough, after all I am assuming you’re not planning to eat them.

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    Oh is there a new world ending virus? Perhaps trump will suggest injecting bleach again, you never know, it could be a good thing.

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    Threads has to be in there. Racist conspiracy blaming anything democrat.

    Nextdoor, if you have it: Is it a bomb!?! We’re all going to die plus praise Jesus stuff and blaming democrats.

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      Idk if I can technically call him my father-in-law because he died before I had the chance to meet/know him, but my husband’s dad caught hantavirus in the very early 90s. It slowly killed him - deteriorating his motor skills and his mind along the way. My husband was his driver at 15 because his dad couldn’t walk by that point. He reached a point where he frequently made some pretty out-of-character and erratic/destructive decisions that negatively impacted their family in a big way. He eventually committed suicide when my husband was 16.

      From everything I’ve heard about my father-in-law prior to hantavirus (and before it wreaked havoc on his body and mind), he was a brilliant, hard working, dedicated, and warm man. Sounds like he was a kickass dad too.

      The scare was for a good reason. It’s not transmissable from human to human, but it’s a good reminder to be FUCKING CAREFUL AROUND RATS AND ANY AREAS WHERE RATS MAY HAVE BEEN.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      depends on which one, the hantavirus from korea is the scary one, sin nombre in the states is the next most virulent one.