I have questions about how that first couple contracted the #hantavirus because they keep saying that “it’s very hard to get” and “it doesn’t spread easily, yet we are also told they probably got it bird watching.
Sounds pretty easy to me. Did they get bit by a rat? Eat rat? What kind of contact did they have that made just being there birdwatching give them the virus?
The info is terrible and unclear about how it’s spread.
@JoBlakely I think they mean unlikely, rather than difficult.
@ekg was it airborne? They are being too vague. This strain is able to be passed human to human. Even sitting next to someone on a plane.
The lack of clarity and relevant information is just infuriating.
@JoBlakely complete guess, as I am not familiar with hanta, bird poop. Most diseases spread by birds are spread by aerosolised bird poop, unless you eat the poop.
@JoBlakely after some very quick research, apparently the birds was a red herring.
It's rodents, and given it's a cruise ships I am not surprised, it would be weirder if it was birds.
I wouldn't worry, as cruise ships are notoriously hard to keep rodent free.