KLM stewardess does not have Hantavirus, WHO confirms

How awful. That poor woman.

We’ll know in 8 weeks if the stewardess is truly okay. RemindMe! 8 weeks

She actually had mild symptoms, some that were released with no symptoms are under a 45 day watch. https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/new-details-released-about-ontario-residents-who-are-in-isolation-after-cruise-ship-outbreak/

Btw, what's the test called? Nothing came up on a search. [https://search.brave.com/search?q=is+there+a+test+for+hantavirus+that+can+reveal+an+infection+after+only+a+few+days+from+exposure%2C+even+if+symptoms+aren%27t+showing+yet.&source=newtab&conversation=090fd6b01fb76843162a299fe4cbc947b1df&summary=1](https://search.brave.com/search?q=is+there+a+test+for+hantavirus+that+can+reveal+an+infection+after+only+a+few+days+from+exposure%2C+even+if+symptoms+aren%27t+showing+yet.&source=newtab&conversation=090fd6b01fb76843162a299fe4cbc947b1df&summary=1)

> the Andes strain has been known to be transmissible from human to human but not easily According to the linked paper, the one study that described human-to-human transmission had issues, like not accounting for contact with infected rodents and their excrement into their model. > The absolute number of cases that may be attributable to human-to-human transmission is low and needs to be contrasted with the much larger number of cases that did not lead to human-to-human transmission, even with similarly close contact in community or health facility settings. For example, the cohort study by Ferres and colleagues included 476 household contacts, of which only 16 subsequently developed HPS, 3 of which were claimed to be definitely due to human-to-human transmission and 9 probably due to human-to-human transmission; the remaining 460 household contacts did not. Their multivariate logistic regression model showed that the odds of infection among contacts were increased for sex partners and with exposure to saliva (deep kissing). However, the possible confounding effect of environmental exposure to the excreta/secreta of infected rodents, which is a known cause of infection, was not considered in this model, though it was considered qualitatively.

They can "hit the l******" like you said, but unless I'm mistaken, I think most virus mutations happen from transmission to a new host. Less contagious = less likely to mutate. It's a big part of the reason coronaviruses are so tricky to vaccinate against; they're very contagious so have plenty of changes to mutate.

8 by 10 inches photograph, ideally signed.

Surely you can't be serious.

Yes it's so weird. There is a sick stewardess in the hospital with confirmed hantavirus says dutch news. Then other news outlets say no human transmission but stewardess with hantavirus is still confirmed but also flight attendant tests negative. It's like even the journalists can't get the panic right. Media be like so busy with 'do we need to lockdown' clickbait titles we forget to factcheck the actual facts.

You clearly weren’t paying enough attention in January 2020 because I got the message loud and clear that this was a potential pandemic. 

the WHO isnt an organization of seers with predictions of 100% accuracy.  most of the time their educated guesses are correct, but covid was a novel and unpredictable virus. they didn't say the risk was low, they said that there was potential for it to become a widespread issue. they just didn't have evidence at the time to give a guarantee. 

Did you and I read the same tweets? WHO clearly stated that it did(does) have pandemic potential. They were working with little info because A: it was a novel virus and B: the Chinese government was working hard to cover it up until it couldn't anymore. That's the biggest difference. The virus causing panic now is not a novel one, we've known about it for over 30 years at this point. There's countless research papers and articles about it, some of them in WHO's own website. Even the CDC has papers about it. It's not hard to look it up.

They did warn us and tell us exactly what to do. Half the planet just didnt listen to them.....

Good. Was that a response to something someone said?

They still need to test her in 2 weeks