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zeynep tufekci
zeynep tufekci@zeynep·
Epuyén outbreak was NOT self-limited. Even though it was in a remote rural tiny town, it kept spreading. After four turns of human-to-human transmission, including to people merely in the same room, the authorities imposed a strict quarantine for a whole month. Then it ended.
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Amesh Adalja@AmeshAA

Andes virus is serious, but “can spread person-to-person” ≠ “pandemic-capable.” Even the largest outbreak (Epuyén) was self-limited. NEJM investigators noted some “possible inhalation” exposures—but that’s nuance, not evidence of measles-like spread. nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opi…

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BladeoftheSun
BladeoftheSun@BladeoftheS·
There is no 'severe form' of the Andes Hantavirus. It has a 30-40% fatality rate, and like Ebola which its symptoms are almost identical to it leaves almost everyone who 'survive' it severely disabled and most will die within 5 years. It is ALWAYS extremely severe.
Outbreak Updates@outbreakupdates

French infectious disease specialists are now publicly saying the ICU patient has ‘the most severe form’ of Andes hantavirus disease.

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James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath
James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath@JamesThrot·
One of the worst things society has ever done is discussing infectious disease in binary terms: “you either die or you survive” This implies survival = full recovery. Surviving viral illness can often mean never returning to baseline health. And people need to remember this.
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jörg shidmann
jörg shidmann@tranz_schubert·
It is simply inconceivable to me that a significant portion of the population wakes up every morning and chooses to use the Akinator That Makes You Stupid to write their wedding vows, dissertations, tax forms, eulogies etc
John Gallagher@MereSophistry

I read that entire “Your brain on ChatGPT” (all 200 pages) last fall for my class. Just go read the paper. The results cannot be distilled into a summary or tweet.

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paulypandemic
paulypandemic@we_are_ssd·
Hantavirus is airborne It has a 40% mortality rate. It’s not mild Asymptomatic cases confirmed Incubation period is 8 weeks This doesn’t just affect the elderly and disabled. Even if it did, their lives have value And thanks to COVID, we have an immunocompromised population
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⚔️@eurydicejones·
this is not a "new twist" this is literally how covid works too
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Steven Godofsky
Steven Godofsky@sgodofsk·
Okay so she 1. Got on a cruise ship to St. Helena 2. Took the weekly 5hr flight to Johannesburg 3. Took a daylong connecting flight back to San Francisco 4. Flew to ~8hrs to Tahiti, then 1hr to Mangareva, from SF 5. Took a 2 day boat ride to Pitcairn WTF forget the virus thing
Jacqueline Sweet@JSweetLI

Radio New Zealand reports an American citizen who is a “hantavirus contact case” flew from San Francisco to Tahiti to remote Pitcairn Island on Thursday without telling anyone and has now been quarantined there after authorities became aware she arrived.

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Yawn! (｡☉︵ ಠ╬)
Yawn! (｡☉︵ ಠ╬)@YaniJPG·
extremely cool news when you’re an immunocompromised person with OCD who lives with multiple anti-maskers. at this rate y’all might see me on the news I’m ngl
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Julia Marie
Julia Marie@julia_doubleday·
Ppl snipe that long covid patients aren’t more qualified to direct a pandemic response than public health officials only for those same officials to be 5 days behind us on recommending exactly what we said would be required based on info that was already available
Ashish K. Jha@ashishkjha

There is growing evidence from the ship that you probably don't need "prolonged close" contact to spread the virus. And the implications here are pretty clear If we are serious about ending this outbreak, all the passengers should undergo a full quarantine away from others

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octopussoap (she/her)
octopussoap (she/her)@OctopusSoap·
ppl who have the “if I die I die” attitude around Covid or hantavirus often fail to imagine (or have intentionally forgotten) the intense suffering you can endure that is NOT death. an n95 mask is way less inconvenient than a ventilator, being bed bound, cancer, seizures, etc
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👑@kingebarrington·
so it's airborne and clearly stays in the air for long periods of time if it's this easily transmittable. just like covid. good luck folks. 🤷🏿‍♂️
Furkan Gözükara@FurkanGozukara

Prof. Joseph Allen confirms the Trump administration is actively hiding how easily this new Hantavirus spreads. He reveals cases where people caught it just by saying hello in passing at a short party. Washington is intentionally underplaying the threat, risking massive spread.

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Cat (CovidSolidarity)
Cat (CovidSolidarity)@CovidSolidarit1·
Can you BELIEVE this? They told the woman who’s now in ICU with hantavirus that it was probably just ANXIETY. Something needs to be done about this - maybe all cases of doctors doing that should be reported from now on?
Ma vie de zèbre • A-Danielle G. 😷@ADanGrenier

"A French woman who tested positive for hantavirus after she was evacuated from a cruise ship reported symptoms to doctors onboard but was told it was probably just anxiety, the Spanish health minister has said." Or course. theguardian.com/world/2026/may…

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James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath
James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath@JamesThrot·
There is a “mild” possibility that hantavirus will cause a “mild” pandemic, which will be “mild” symptoms for most people, with some “mild” hospitalisations and possibly a few “mild” deaths. And if you test, PCR testing will give either a negative or a “mildly” positive result.
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Dr Steven Quay
Dr Steven Quay@quay_dr·
BREAKING: First sequencing of the Hantavirus from the outbreak. -99% identical to a June 2018 case from a patient in Argentina -10.4 SNV/year mutation rate - The Andes genome is about 12 kb across three RNA segments. At 10⁻⁴ to 10⁻³ substitutions/site/year, that translates very roughly to 1-12 SNV per year -Completely in line with a natural spillover in Argentina from the rodent host in 2018 and now in 2026 Source: virological.org/t/complete-seq…
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Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician)
Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician)@jeremyfaust·
They buried the lede. *One of the Americans en route home has tested positive for the Andes Hantavirus* Fortunately, the receiving facility is equipped to handle this. But whoever wrote that someone tested “mildly positive” is an idiot. They are PCR +. They have it.
HHS@HHSGov

HHS through @ASPRgov and @CDCgov is supporting @StateDept in the repatriation of 17 American citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship affected by the Andes variant of hantavirus. All 17 are currently en route via @StateDept airlift to the United States, with two of the passengers travelling in the plane's biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution. One passenger currently has mild symptoms and another passenger tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus. As of now, the airlift will transport passengers to the ASPR Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska before taking the passenger with mild symptoms to a second RESPTC at its final destination. Upon arrival at each facility, each individual will undergo clinical assessment and receive appropriate care and support based on their condition.

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