Are we sitting ducks for a Hantavirus epidemic? (POLL)

[orangecrush]

I just read that a case has now been found in Switzerland.

With the present freak show responsible for the nations health, are we seeing a rerun of the first Trump death march!

41 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes it has begun
	12 (29%)
	No this is different
	11 (27%)
	Stock up on Ivermectin and anal flashlights
	0 (0%)
	Yes they want us dead and believe they can run everything with AI
	0 (0%)
	Say your pwayers, Wabbit
	2 (5%)
	Stocking up on masks and sanitizer already
	1 (2%)
	Yes he is literally the Antichrist
	4 (10%)
	Fetal position
	0 (0%)
	Don't worry be happy
	1 (2%)
	Too early to tell
	10 (24%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[ZDU]

1. Let the Games Begin!

[orangecrush]

2. God help us

[FSogol]

3. Last night my Maine Coon cat woke me up by laying on his back beside my bed & tossing a dead mouse from paw to paw.

When he got bored he chomped the entire mouse down, leaving no trace.
I think my house is protected.

[orangecrush]

4. Good Kitty!

[irisblue]

5. I'm not getting on any cruise ships & I have 2 cats

I heard about the hanta virus cruise ship on the BBC overnight to the US a few nights ago.

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/g-s1-120234/cruise-ship-hantavirus


https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/two-cases-hantavirus-which-spreads-human-to-human-linked-ship-south-africa-says-2026-05-06/



Also it turns out I am very very very afraid of being on a ship on an ocean

[orangecrush]

6. Good luck!

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I Thought It Was Spread By Rodents

Can't envision how they would be as pernicious as a virus shared person to person just by our breathing.
Seems like a radically different situation.
Has there been evidence of P2P transmission. I don't recall hearing about that, but doesn't mean anything more than I may have missed it

[orangecrush]

8. Check this out

Yes, as of May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other health authorities suspect that human-to-human transmission of a rare strain of hantavirus occurred on the cruise ship MV Hondius.

NPR
+4
While hantavirus typically spreads from rodents to humans, this specific outbreak involves the Andes virus strain, which is known to be capable of passing directly between people, often through close contact.

NPR
+1

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Son Of A Gun!

Well, that's not good.

[orangecrush]

10. Not at all.

Not with the present den of grifters and sociopaths.

And you can bet there will be no vaccine developed.