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orangecrush

(31,149 posts) Wed May 6, 2026, 04:43 PM May 6

Are we sitting ducks for a Hantavirus epidemic? (POLL) [View all]

I just read that a case has now been found in Switzerland.

With the present freak show responsible for the nations health, are we seeing a rerun of the first Trump death march?

85 votes, 3 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Yes it has begun
	23 (27%)
	No this is different
	20 (24%)
	Stock up on Ivermectin and anal flashlights
	0 (0%)
	Yes they want us dead and believe they can run everything with AI
	4 (5%)
	Say your pwayers, Wabbit
	2 (2%)
	Stocking up on masks and sanitizer already
	1 (1%)
	Yes he is literally the Antichrist
	7 (8%)
	Fetal position
	1 (1%)
	Don't worry be happy
	1 (1%)
	Too early to tell
	26 (31%)
	3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Are we sitting ducks for a Hantavirus epidemic? (POLL) [View all] orangecrush May 6 OP

Let the Games Begin! ZDU May 6 #1

God help us orangecrush May 6 #2

Last night my Maine Coon cat woke me up by laying on his back beside my bed & tossing a dead mouse from paw to paw. FSogol May 6 #3

Good Kitty! orangecrush May 6 #4

My dogs caught a gopher two nights ago -then one buried it womanofthehills May 6 #12

Yuck! We have to lock out cat door. Our house would be full of raccoons and possums. n/t FSogol May 6 #14

I'm not getting on any cruise ships & I have 2 cats irisblue May 6 #5

Good luck! orangecrush May 6 #6

It is most likely edhopper May 7 #22

I Thought It Was Spread By Rodents ProfessorGAC May 6 #7

Check this out orangecrush May 6 #8

Son Of A Gun! ProfessorGAC May 6 #9

Not at all. orangecrush May 6 #10

So it was brought on the ship edhopper May 7 #23

Thanks, here we go again. appalachiablue May 7 #27

You betcha! orangecrush May 7 #31

This particular Hantavirus John Farmer May 7 #35

Yeah, I Saw That After I First Posted ProfessorGAC May 7 #37

Ten yrs ago, a young college girl a town over in NM died of Hanta virus womanofthehills May 6 #11

Very sad orangecrush May 6 #15

Not necessarily hantavirus. Arthur_Frain May 6 #13

That's how Gene Hackman's wife died. He died from other causes. LeftInTX May 6 #16

Check this out orangecrush May 7 #19

Yes, but this hantavirus is also endemic to Argentina. LeftInTX May 7 #21

Thanks orangecrush May 7 #32

There are different strains of it. LisaL May 8 #41

No cruise ships for me, I can't believe they had it happen on the cruise ship MV Hondius Beringia May 6 #17

Who the hell takes a 35 day cruise? Initech May 6 #18

I can't even afford a 3 hour tour! orangecrush May 7 #20

I'm pretty sure it's one of those eco-cruises. Ship only has capacity for 196 people. LeftInTX May 7 #25

Thanks orangecrush May 7 #29

So it was brought on board edhopper May 7 #24

East to answer Traildogbob May 7 #26

Not nearly as transmissable as Covid Sympthsical May 7 #28

I seem to remember hearing something similar orangecrush May 7 #30

Because cruises are human sardine cans Sympthsical May 7 #33

Human sardine cans orangecrush May 7 #38

But alarmism isn't helpful Sympthsical May 8 #40

Not as easy to transmit and not transmissible aren't the same EdmondDantes_ May 7 #34

It all depends on how communicable it is human to human. In any case, in this country we'd know where Vinca May 7 #36

I have a feeling orangecrush May 7 #39