2026-05-08 12:59 UTC
The most basic answer is that human to human transmission appears pretty rare.
Remember that in 30 years of history of this virus we only have a few good examples.
Human-to-human transmission also seems to usually require close contact. So think spouses, intimate partners. (Yes, there are exceptions. There always are.)
And patients were most likely to spread the virus just around the time they developed first symptoms, incl. just before.
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@kakape@mas.to 2026-05-08 13:00
So that's the science before all this. Does the outbreak change any of that? Has the virus learnt to spread better? No reason to think so. 1. Still not clear how much it actually spread on the ship. 2. A cruise ship is exactly where you'd expect a virus to spread that is not great at spreading.