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ProfessorGAC

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9. Son Of A Gun!

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #8)

Wed May 6, 2026, 07:58 PM

May 6

Well, that's not good.

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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 Friday #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 Friday #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