What little Ive seen documented:
- It was relatively new(
20 years30 years) to the southern end of South America, they beat out an initial outbreak of it, has been endemic there since. - Not too much reaearch has been done on it, i.e. few experts.
- It appears that it is most, and potentially only infectious when symptoms are showing, particularly the fever, but is very easily spread during that small window.
- It seems like it isnt as easily spread as covid, but yeah, is much nastier.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Settle down, we are not fucked. Hantavirus has been around forever, even this strain.
akwd169@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Honestly. So much overreaction about this. Everyone is letting the news work their manipilative bullshit spreading panic and fear so you keep tuning in and clicking o
Its pretty sad to see how many people on the fediverse are falling for the bs
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Has it spread human to human? I thought that was a new thing.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It does with this strain/variant which is why this story is newsworthy. But the usual one does not. There have been localized outbreaks of this one in the past but never a worldwide pandemic.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
The andes strain has been around for some time and can be transmitted from person to person but it requires long term exposure and liquid exchange. If it spread it would be very slow to do so.