expatriado@lemmy.world to Out of the loop@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat do we know about hantavirus? How bad is it?message-squaremessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareWhat do we know about hantavirus? How bad is it?expatriado@lemmy.world to Out of the loop@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·2 months agoHantavirus in humans can be really bad. Possibly death. There is a specific type of the virus that can spread from rodent to human and it’s rare. The risk for becoming an epidemic or pandemic is very low at this time.
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThe cruise ship strain was, unfortunately, that very strain that has human-to-human transmission.
minus-squarethesohoriots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoRoughly 40% mortality for this one, the Andes virus.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYeah it’s not good. Once you get respiratory symptoms it’s a numbers game.
Hantavirus in humans can be really bad. Possibly death. There is a specific type of the virus that can spread from rodent to human and it’s rare. The risk for becoming an epidemic or pandemic is very low at this time.
The cruise ship strain was, unfortunately, that very strain that has human-to-human transmission.
Yup
Roughly 40% mortality for this one, the Andes virus.
Yeah it’s not good. Once you get respiratory symptoms it’s a numbers game.