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Ironically all the data shows that hantavirus isn’t a big deal because it doesn’t spread person to person unless it’s the Andes strain. The stuff we see right now is sensationalist headlines for clicks and views. As long as you stay away from rodents you won’t get it.

www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/index.html

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BananaChips@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The strain from the cruise ship is the Andes strain.

Avoiding rodents isn’t the answer to this one (still avoid them, that’s just not quite the correct answer here).

The risk to the average person is low for other reasons.

One difference is in the very fact that we can name the virus: we know more about how it spreads and the symptoms to look for. It’s not an unknown virus, unit in 2020 when we were dealing with something we had never seen in humans before.

If someone does start to show symptoms it will be tested for earlier during diagnosis than it otherwise might be since hantavirus is in the news. Earlier detection will reduce spread (if we even reach that point, many of the passengers are in quarantine).

The other passengers being in quarantine is one of the biggest things lowering the risk.

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- Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Avoid rodents
  
  Me, who was juggling feral rats with my bare hands “This is fucking bullshit!”
  
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Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The version on the cruise ship is the Andes strain.

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