Comment on "Public deserves to know”: Harvard Professor says official messaging contradicts hantavirus science
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Maybe read press outside of USA?
First article here mentions the specific version of the virus;
And funnily enough it also specifies that the USA is again doing USA stuff and not following the OMS reco;
And that’s from a shitty right wing newspaper.
Im not even sure what he’s reading in the US. Everything I’ve been reading in the US is saying the same things, calling out the strain and how it can spread person to person.
Initial reporting did have some caveats before they were certain it was the Andes strain, but that makes sense when the initial news was breaking.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just read this Ars article that points out it’s the Andes variant. The author is a doctor of Microbiology and seems pretty nonplussed about the virus
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m not knowledgeable enough to assess it myself but indeed WHO / OMS doesn’t seems that plussed about it. They just apply sound precautions. Though as far as I remember from COVID back then they were nonplussed as well until if was way too late.
So let’s wait and see and hope those precautions will be enough.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A big difference with this strain of hantavirus is it’s not a novel virus; this strain is endemic to South America and previous outbreaks have been studied and contained. That said, every infection does pose the risk of mutation.