Post by @kakape@mas.to

2026-05-08 13:02 UTC

I'll leave things here for now. Barely made it to the end of this thread because there is so much going on. We'll leave the actual plans for passengers for another day/thread. Do read the story (and share it): https://www.science.org/content/article/what-do-passengers-cruise-ship-hit-hantavirus

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@ee@mastodon.nl 2026-05-08 13:22

@kakape@mas.to Kai, in your opinion, is there any chance this will turn into a global pandemic the scale of COVID? Assuming government responses are as bad as they were then.

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@HansZauner@ecoevo.social 2026-05-08 19:40

@kakape@mas.to Ui, das RKI will wohl nix anbrennen lassen - Empfehlung ist 6 Wochen (!) Quarantäne für die Kreuzfahrtpassagiere/Kontaktpersonen, wenn ich das hier richtig verstehe? https://www.rki.de/DE/Themen/Infektionskrankheiten/Infektionskrankheiten-A-Z/H/Hantavirus/Hanta_Kontaktpersonen.html?nn=16906418

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@horststorkebaum@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 21:59

@kakape@mas.to If the fatality rate of a disease is 20 - 50% and human to human transmission already happened I struggle to understand how the decision on how to handle it is not unequivocal. Of course all passengers and crew members of the ship and every person they got in touch with must be held in strict quarantine for as long as necessary in order to find out whether they have acquired the virus or not. How can there be any discussion about it amongst scientists and public health experts?

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