Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧
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Mum • Lover of nature and clean, fresh air • Passionate about science • “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.”
So hantavirus is different because it isn't transmissible JUST THROUGH THE AIR, unlike COVID, which spreads in the air in a bus or on a train? But the COVID Inquiry was told COVID spreads by droplet and contact? @GOVUK urged caution and to rely on @UKHSA so what's changed now?
"Des enfants" font partie des huit cas contact ayant pris le même vol Sainte-Hélène->Johannesburg que la Néerlandaise décédée, indique Stéphanie Rist. En cas d'infection, "c’est la même maladie et malheureusement la même mortalité" que chez les adultes, dit Xavier Lescure. 1/2
Last week, I thought the pandemic potential for ANDV was small Infinitesimally small Less than 1%
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK In today’s press briefing, Dr Tedros was asked about the protocol for passengers who left the ship 2.5 weeks ago, at the same time as the infected Dutch woman. With a typical incubation period of 2-6 wks, this is a glaring hole in the containment strategy…
This is an excellent find - and Maarten nailed pointing out that the found biological detail SUPPORT Andes Airborne transmission. Warning: "We are aware that detection of ANDV antigens in particular cell types does not necessarily indicate viral infection or replication. "
A 2020 study provides biological details supporting airborne transmission of the Andes virus . It shows that viral particles replicate in lung alveolar cells and macrophages that reach the airways, which then can be exhaled as a "deadly bullet for ANDV transmission."
The infected Dutch woman was symptomatic & almost certainly infectious for several days before she left the ship. Many passengers spent time comforting her after the death of her tragic husband on 11 April (initially thought to be from natural causes)… itv.com/news/2026-05-0…
No one who was not on the ship has been infected with Hantavirus Not a single one This is not going to be a pandemic. Not even close.
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK 🧵 Following the WHO press briefing, I wanted to compile a thread with the key points. 1/ ISOLATION OF PASSENGERS Concerningly, it seems the WHO are NOT recommending to isolate cruise ship passengers (even high-risk contacts) UNLESS they develop symptoms.
