Post #2343343

2026-05-08 08:17 UTC

FWIW, the incubation period for Andes virus, which is the specific strain from the cruise ship, is roughly 2-3 weeks, but can be as long as 33 days in some cases. Transmission is only possible while a person is symptomatic. COVID's worst aspect was it was transmissible for days *before* a person would present with symptoms.

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@unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-05-08 10:19

The first death already occurred before they were allowed to leave the ship, because: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak#6_April_%E2%80%93_5_May > the death was attributed to generic natural causes Idk what kind of symptoms you get with this virus but kinda wild that they just attributed it to natural causes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthohantavirus > For HPS, initial symptoms are flu-like, with fever, headache, and muscle pain, followed by sudden respiratory failure. Dying from something with flu like symptoms is not normal (even at 70) so this should have rung alarm bells.

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@CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-05-08 09:09

And even then, it's only rarely contracted from human-to-human contact, mostly only happens when in very close contact with someone with it for a long period of time (like on this small ship)

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