Australian traveller returns home after disembarking virus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship, passenger claims

Fuel expensive. Time for WFH again.

It's not easily transmitted, but requires close contact.

Actually we do

And possibly can lie dormant for 8 weeks? 

I’m sure Trump will do a great job this time.

it’s up to 8 weeks of incubation.

we don’t actually know that for sure. it is a working assumption. but because there is extremely limited data on human-human spread of the andean hanta species, it’s not something that should be relied on here. this may even be a novel strain of andean hanta that’s more communicable: we won’t know until we get the genome sequence. also there are some questions that i don’t think we have a good answer to yet. for example, people usually contract hantavirus from dust off dried rodent droppings: that means the virus is sturdy enough to survive desiccation intact, for periods of years even. does that mean that a sick person’s sputum or saliva could dry, and still be dangerous? how long does it persist on contaminated surfaces? how easily transmitted by shared food or utensils? do different transmission routes have different risk levels at different stages in the infection? etc. assumptions at this stage are DANGEROUS. we were told similar soothingly incorrect things about covid at first.

I’ve taken a dump on my holiday. Does that count?

What do you think new Tomodachi life was released for?

I mean, pokopia just came out

We recently had a convo at work where colleagues who were baking sourdough during covid, still had the starters in their fridges. Also I learnt during this convo how time consuming baking sourdough is. Next round of sourdough baking about to start?

The pineapple skins don’t even need yeast. Add brown sugar and water and you get tepache.

Man I remember making so much pineapple beer when alcohol sales were banned in my country

come to think of it, there has been talk of a new animal crossing. /s

Try Dreamlight Valley!

Arc raiders is your friend

and has been a presence in South America for hundreds or millennia... so, why now? Are we getting a reverse Columbus and the indians in Europe?

Deadly viruses don’t kill as many people as less deadly viruses. Sounds dumb but it’s true, they have less time to spread because the hosts are always dying. Less deadly viruses spread easier and in turn kill more people

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You are in for a shock. Idiots won’t believe it. Look at any comment on any social media platform and it’s thousands of people on every one saying “nice try” and how they won’t be going into lockdown again

I think it could still spread out of control until there is a widely produced rapid test, then the countries with solid public health infrastructure will be able to get rid of it. It could still be very disruptive without the "I declare pandemic" technicality from the WHO.

A flight attendant on the flight with an infected passenger (now dead) was just hospitalized… so doctor is wrong or “for a while” means minutes/hours

Official: the stewardess has been tested negative for hanta virus.

Yup. You are absolutely correct.

Its all over the internet.

Good points all. What I am confused about is why isn't this spreading around Argentina, from where ship had departed and was presumably docked for some period of time. Perhaps I am wrong on it originating from Argentina. However Hanta Virus isn't something a population builds an immunity to. So where are the South American cases? I am just genuinely asking the sub, not advocating any conspiracy theories or anything. I guess we'll know in a few weeks.

Then how did a flight attendant who briefly was in contact with the Dutch lady that died get the virus? She didn’t even take tha flight. She was kicked off for being too sick before take off. The contact was brief not prolonged

Hopefully it won't transfer from Humans to Australians.

Person - Camera - Man - Woman - TV

Ha-ha, you got me there. English isn't my first language and it's been ages since I played that game, so the orphography tends to wear off.