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What do we know about hantavirus? How bad is it?

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What do we know about hantavirus? How bad is it? - Lemmy.World

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May 11 at 1:56pmWeb
Show threadvenusaurMay 11
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.
Show threadCoelacanthMay 11
The cruise ship strain was, unfortunately, that very strain that has human-to-human transmission.
Show threadvenusaurMay 11
Yup
Show threadthesohoriotsMay 11
Roughly 40% mortality for this one, the Andes virus.
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Show threadvenusaurMay 11
Yeah it’s not good. Once you get respiratory symptoms it’s a numbers game.