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Hantavirus Cruise Ship Scare: Serious, But Not COVID 2.0 – And Hopefully Handled Smarter This Time

Dear Cherubs,

A hantavirus cluster on a cruise ship has sparked fresh headlines and inevitable pandemic flashbacks, but health officials are quick to stress this isn’t another COVID situation – and the response so far suggests we might actually apply some hard-won lessons instead of repeating the chaos.

What Makes This Different

The outbreak aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, which was traveling from Argentina, has so far involved around seven cases including confirmed hantavirus infections, with three deaths reported as of early May 2026. Passengers have been evacuated for care, contact tracing is underway across multiple countries, and the World Health Organization assesses the public health risk as low.

Hantavirus is not new. It’s primarily rodent-borne, spread through inhaling aerosolized urine, droppings, or saliva from infected mice and rats – think cabin cleaning gone wrong rather than casual airborne transmission like COVID. The Andes strain involved here is a rare exception that can have limited person-to-person spread, unlike most variants. Symptoms start flu-like (fever, muscle aches, fatigue) and can progress to severe respiratory distress with a high case fatality rate for pulmonary syndrome, often 30-50% in serious cases, per CDC data. But globally, infections remain uncommon. In the Americas in 2025, there were 229 reported cases and 59 deaths across eight countries.

Lessons From the Last Go-Round

Compare that to COVID’s rapid global explosion, endless variants, and economic shutdowns. Experts, including WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove, have been unequivocal: “This is not COVID, this is not influenza; it spreads very, very differently.” No one is talking lockdowns for the general public. Instead, we’re seeing targeted evacuations, monitoring of disembarked passengers in places like the US and Europe, and transparent updates – a far cry from early COVID confusion.

It’s giving “apply the lessons” energy, bet. Funding cuts under the previous US administration to emerging infectious disease research, including hantavirus pilots, drew criticism after this outbreak, highlighting the need for steady preparedness. Treatment remains supportive – oxygen, ICU care, fluids – with no specific antiviral approved, though early intervention helps. Unlike COVID, there’s no vaccine yet, but the contained nature and known transmission routes make widespread panic unnecessary.

Public reaction mixes understandable caution with eye-rolling at the “next pandemic” hype. Cruise ships, with their close quarters, amplify risks, yet officials emphasize low general threat. Argentina has seen increased cases recently, possibly linked to the ship’s origin.

The hot take? We’re treating this more surgically – focused containment over blanket fear – which feels like progress. Rodent control, hygiene reminders, and avoiding disturbing old nests in endemic areas remain the best prevention. No need to cancel your plans, but maybe skip sweeping out that dusty shed without a mask.

This one underscores that emerging threats exist, yet smart, evidence-based responses can keep them from spiraling. Here’s hoping the improved playbook sticks.

Has the climate affected your health?

Have you been to a hospital for wildfire smoke inhalation? Have you experienced exhaustion or suffered from a heat wave? Have you or a loved one felt ill or experienced asthma from air pollution? Have you been evacuated from floods or fires and needed mental health support?

Ontario and climate investigations reporter Carl Meyer is looking to connect with people who have experienced health issues that may be related to a changing climate. If you’d like to share your story with Carl for potential inclusion in an upcoming feature, please get in touch with him at [email protected].

@thenarwhal

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #Canadians #ShareYourStory #Climate #Wildfires #Health #HeatWaves #AirPollution #RespiratoryIllness #SmokeInhalation #PublicInput #Canada #Environment

Airborne toxin exposure drives unique biological pattern of chronic rhinosinusitis

Researchers at the University of California San Diego and the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System have identified…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Allergen #AU #Australia #Burn #Cell #Chronic #Healthcare #Inflammation #MastCell #medicine #research #Respiratory #RespiratoryIllness #Rhinosinusitis #Toxin #Toxins #veteransaffairs
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/474279/

Số ca mắc cúm mùa đang gia tăng mạnh. Bộ Y tế vừa phát cảnh báo, đặc biệt trong bối cảnh thời tiết thất thường và nhu cầu đi lại cuối năm tăng cao khiến các bệnh hô hấp bùng phát. Mọi người cần chú ý phòng bệnh!

#CúmMùa #BộYtế #CảnhBáoSứcKhỏe #BệnhHôHấp #PhòngBệnh
#SeasonalFlu #HealthWarning #MinistryOfHealth #RespiratoryIllness #PublicHealth

https://vtcnews.vn/ca-mac-cum-mua-gia-tang-bo-y-te-phat-canh-bao-ar987947.html

Flu precautions shared as cases rise among Filipinos

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2025/10/14/303512/flu-precautions-shared-cases-rise-filipinos/

new phrase ideas to babytalk the gd doctors:
"I don't have a diagnosis shopping list. I want a treatment menu. That's it."

#spoonie #SpoonieLife #ChronicHealth #ChronicIllnessMemes #ChronicPainMemes #illness #RespiratoryIllness #PostViralIllness #MECFS #LongCovid #Covid #covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #CovidLong #LongHaulers #LongCovidKids #LongTermCare #health #medicine #badMedicine #medical #MedicalCare #MedicalRecords #clinic #NHS #health #HealthCareWorkers #hospital #sick #doctor #MD #GP #surgery #treatment #pain

X is terrible, but after the Meta news on explicitly allowing transphobia / transmisia, overall it's just been a tough week.
Idk what I have but my asthma attack started last week. Elevated neutrophils indicate bacterial infection, my GP said? So either it was "probably viral" like the OoH 111 GP said and became bacterial as well, or I was unlucky that it was bacterial to begin with.

I've been on Prednisolone, a corticosteroid since the 9th; then last night I started Doxycyline, an antibiotic, and Montelukast.
Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist, so it blocks leukotrienes, my patient pamphlet says.

Got a chest X ray out of it, at least. (Had back pain behind my ex-gallbladder since its removal anyway.)
Let this be a lesson not to lessen your mask discipline or stubbornness when other people peer pressure you to take risks with your health.
This is my first asthma exacerbation in a decade and I do not want to continue experiencing this. I do not recommend it. The people telling me I was 'paranoid', 'over-thinking it', 'worried about nothing' and more do NOT have to feel what I am feeling.

Teenage boys in public who choose to whine at me and intentionally coughing towards me (what?!!?) is super aggressive, creepy, entitled, and harmful to everyone witnessing that. Still, my upper and mid back has not stopped aching. I don't get fevers and I don't have a cough. Only you know your body.

Some people choose to care about harm reduction; others don't. Do right by yourself and do your sustainable best by others. I believe in you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_wEXmNgtA

#sick #illness #RespiratoryIllness #PostViralIllness #ChronicIllnessMemes #virus #bacteria #viral #sickness #infection #InfectionPrevention #pathogen #pathogensAirborneTransmission #infectious #disease #diseases #AsthmaAttacked #AsthmaExacerbation #breathe #breath

X is terrible, but after the Meta news on explicitly allowing transphobia / transmisia, overall it's just been a tough week.
Idk what I have but my asthma attack started last week. Elevated neutrophils indicate bacterial infection, my GP said? So either it was "probably viral" like the OoH 111 GP said and became bacterial as well, or I was unlucky that it was bacterial to begin with.

I've been on Prednisolone, a corticosteroid since the 9th; then last night I started Doxycyline, an antibiotic, and Montelukast.
Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist, so it blocks leukotrienes, my patient pamphlet says.

Got a chest X ray out of it, at least. (Had back pain behind my ex-gallbladder since its removal anyway.)
Let this be a lesson not to lessen your mask discipline or stubbornness when other people peer pressure you to take risks with your health.
This is my first asthma exacerbation in a decade and I do not want to continue experiencing this. I do not recommend it. The people telling me I was 'paranoid', 'over-thinking it', 'worried about nothing' and more do NOT have to feel what I am feeling.

Teenage boys in public who choose to whine at me and intentionally coughing towards me (what?!!?) is super aggressive, creepy, entitled, and harmful to everyone witnessing that. Still, my upper and mid back has not stopped aching. I don't get fevers and I don't have a cough. Only you know your body.

Some people choose to care about harm reduction; others don't. Do right by yourself and do your sustainable best by others. I believe in you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_wEXmNgtA

#sick #illness #RespiratoryIllness #PostViralIllness #ChronicIllnessMemes #virus #bacteria #viral #sickness #infection #InfectionPrevention #pathogen #pathogensAirborneTransmission #infectious #disease #diseases #AsthmaAttacked #AsthmaExacerbation #breathe #breath

X is terrible, but after the Meta news on explicitly allowing transphobia / transmisia, overall it's just been a tough week.
Idk what I have but my asthma attack started last week. Elevated neutrophils indicate bacterial infection, my GP said? So either it was "probably viral" like the OoH 111 GP said and became bacterial as well, or I was unlucky that it was bacterial to begin with.

I've been on Prednisolone, a corticosteroid since the 9th; then last night I started Doxycyline, an antibiotic, and Montelukast.
Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist, so it blocks leukotrienes, my patient pamphlet says.

Got a chest X ray out of it, at least. (Had back pain behind my ex-gallbladder since its removal anyway.)
Let this be a lesson not to lessen your mask discipline or stubbornness when other people peer pressure you to take risks with your health.
This is my first asthma exacerbation in a decade and I do not want to continue experiencing this. I do not recommend it. The people telling me I was 'paranoid', 'over-thinking it', 'worried about nothing' and more do NOT have to feel what I am feeling.

Teenage boys in public who choose to whine at me and intentionally coughing towards me (what?!!?) is super aggressive, creepy, entitled, and harmful to everyone witnessing that. Still, my upper and mid back has not stopped aching. I don't get fevers and I don't have a cough. Only you know your body.

Some people choose to care about harm reduction; others don't. Do right by yourself and do your sustainable best by others. I believe in you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_wEXmNgtA

#sick #illness #RespiratoryIllness #PostViralIllness #ChronicIllnessMemes #virus #bacteria #viral #sickness #infection #InfectionPrevention #pathogen #pathogensAirborneTransmission #infectious #disease #diseases #AsthmaAttacked #AsthmaExacerbation #breathe #breath

X is terrible, but after the Meta news on explicitly allowing transphobia / transmisia, overall it's just been a tough week.
Idk what I have but my asthma attack started last week. Elevated neutrophils indicate bacterial infection, my GP said? So either it was "probably viral" like the OoH 111 GP said and became bacterial as well, or I was unlucky that it was bacterial to begin with.

I've been on Prednisolone, a corticosteroid since the 9th; then last night I started Doxycyline, an antibiotic, and Montelukast.
Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist, so it blocks leukotrienes, my patient pamphlet says.

Got a chest X ray out of it, at least. (Had back pain behind my ex-gallbladder since its removal anyway.)
Let this be a lesson not to lessen your mask discipline or stubbornness when other people peer pressure you to take risks with your health.
This is my first asthma exacerbation in a decade and I do not want to continue experiencing this. I do not recommend it. The people telling me I was 'paranoid', 'over-thinking it', 'worried about nothing' and more do NOT have to feel what I am feeling.

Teenage boys in public who choose to whine at me and intentionally coughing towards me (what?!!?) is super aggressive, creepy, entitled, and harmful to everyone witnessing that. Still, my upper and mid back has not stopped aching. I don't get fevers and I don't have a cough. Only you know your body.

Some people choose to care about harm reduction; others don't. Do right by yourself and do your sustainable best by others. I believe in you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_wEXmNgtA

#sick #illness #RespiratoryIllness #PostViralIllness #ChronicIllnessMemes #virus #bacteria #viral #sickness #infection #InfectionPrevention #pathogen #pathogensAirborneTransmission #infectious #disease #diseases #AsthmaAttacked #AsthmaExacerbation #breathe #breath

X is terrible, but after the Meta news on explicitly allowing transphobia / transmisia, overall it's just been a tough week.
Idk what I have but my asthma attack started last week. Elevated neutrophils indicate bacterial infection, my GP said? So either it was "probably viral" like the OoH 111 GP said and became bacterial as well, or I was unlucky that it was bacterial to begin with.

I've been on Prednisolone, a corticosteroid since the 9th; then last night I started Doxycyline, an antibiotic, and Montelukast.
Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist, so it blocks leukotrienes, my patient pamphlet says.

Got a chest X ray out of it, at least. (Had back pain behind my ex-gallbladder since its removal anyway.)
Let this be a lesson not to lessen your mask discipline or stubbornness when other people peer pressure you to take risks with your health.
This is my first asthma exacerbation in a decade and I do not want to continue experiencing this. I do not recommend it. The people telling me I was 'paranoid', 'over-thinking it', 'worried about nothing' and more do NOT have to feel what I am feeling.

Teenage boys in public who choose to whine at me and intentionally coughing towards me (what?!!?) is super aggressive, creepy, entitled, and harmful to everyone witnessing that. Still, my upper and mid back has not stopped aching. I don't get fevers and I don't have a cough. Only you know your body.

Some people choose to care about harm reduction; others don't. Do right by yourself and do your sustainable best by others. I believe in you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_wEXmNgtA

#sick #illness #RespiratoryIllness #PostViralIllness #ChronicIllnessMemes #virus #bacteria #viral #sickness #infection #InfectionPrevention #pathogen #pathogensAirborneTransmission #infectious #disease #diseases #AsthmaAttacked #AsthmaExacerbation #breathe #breath

Inside the London estate where residents deal with mould, floods, and stabbings - while their landlord makes £100m surplus | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-worst-estate-catford-knife-crime-landlord-b2492249.html

#London
#Mould
#Floods
#Stabbings
#Landlords
#MilfordTowers
#Catford
#NottingHillGenesis
#HousingAssociation
#NottingHillGenesisGroup
#SocialHousing
#AffordableHousing
#MarketRent
#Lewisham
#LewishamCouncil
#RespiratoryIllness
#Allergies
#LondonRentersUnion

When I catch a cold, I will most likely also end up with a raging, painful sinus infection that only a 10-day course of antibiotics will kick. Even then, I might relapse & end up sick for a total of 6 weeks.

It's a BUMMER.

#DeviatedSeptum doesn't help.

So I'm always curious about preventatives, hence my question about #ProvidoneIodine #NasalSpray.

2/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#doctors
#ENT

When I catch a cold, I will most likely also end up with a raging, painful sinus infection that only a 10-day course of antibiotics will kick. Even then, I might relapse & end up sick for a total of 6 weeks.

It's a BUMMER.

#DeviatedSeptum doesn't help.

So I'm always curious about preventatives, hence my question about #ProvidoneIodine #NasalSpray.

2/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#doctors
#ENT

When I catch a cold, I will most likely also end up with a raging, painful sinus infection that only a 10-day course of antibiotics will kick. Even then, I might relapse & end up sick for a total of 6 weeks.

It's a BUMMER.

#DeviatedSeptum doesn't help.

So I'm always curious about preventatives, hence my question about #ProvidoneIodine #NasalSpray.

2/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#doctors
#ENT

When I catch a cold, I will most likely also end up with a raging, painful sinus infection that only a 10-day course of antibiotics will kick. Even then, I might relapse & end up sick for a total of 6 weeks.

It's a BUMMER.

#DeviatedSeptum doesn't help.

So I'm always curious about preventatives, hence my question about #ProvidoneIodine #NasalSpray.

2/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#doctors
#ENT

When I catch a cold, I will most likely also end up with a raging, painful sinus infection that only a 10-day course of antibiotics will kick. Even then, I might relapse & end up sick for a total of 6 weeks.

It's a BUMMER.

#DeviatedSeptum doesn't help.

So I'm always curious about preventatives, hence my question about #ProvidoneIodine #NasalSpray.

2/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#doctors
#ENT

Please boost! 🤘🖖

Anybody know anything about povidone iodine nasal spray as a treatment for #ChronicSinustitis?
Asking for a me. 😁

My chronic sinusitis mainly manifests as constant slight congestion & post-nasal drip. 9 times out of 10 when I catch a cold, the increased fluid build-up makes me susceptible to a bacterial infection....

1/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#MedicalAdvice
#doctors
#ENT

Please boost! 🤘🖖

Anybody know anything about povidone iodine nasal spray as a treatment for #ChronicSinustitis?
Asking for a me. 😁

My chronic sinusitis mainly manifests as constant slight congestion & post-nasal drip. 9 times out of 10 when I catch a cold, the increased fluid build-up makes me susceptible to a bacterial infection....

1/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#MedicalAdvice
#doctors
#ENT

Please boost! 🤘🖖

Anybody know anything about povidone iodine nasal spray as a treatment for #ChronicSinustitis?
Asking for a me. 😁

My chronic sinusitis mainly manifests as constant slight congestion & post-nasal drip. 9 times out of 10 when I catch a cold, the increased fluid build-up makes me susceptible to a bacterial infection....

1/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#MedicalAdvice
#doctors
#ENT

Please boost! 🤘🖖

Anybody know anything about povidone iodine nasal spray as a treatment for #ChronicSinustitis?
Asking for a me. 😁

My chronic sinusitis mainly manifests as constant slight congestion & post-nasal drip. 9 times out of 10 when I catch a cold, the increased fluid build-up makes me susceptible to a bacterial infection....

1/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#MedicalAdvice
#doctors
#ENT

Please boost! 🤘🖖

Anybody know anything about povidone iodine nasal spray as a treatment for #ChronicSinustitis?
Asking for a me. 😁

My chronic sinusitis mainly manifests as constant slight congestion & post-nasal drip. 9 times out of 10 when I catch a cold, the increased fluid build-up makes me susceptible to a bacterial infection....

1/2

#RespiratoryVirus
#BacterialInfection
#SinusInfection
#sinusitis
#rhinovirus
#colds
#RespiratoryIllness
#RespiratoryInfection
#MedicalAdvice
#doctors
#ENT

Global News BC: Portable pediatric waiting room installed at Surrey Memorial Hospital https://globalnews.ca/news/10080296/surrey-memorial-hospital-portable-waiting-room/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #surreymemorialhospital #RespiratoryIllness #HealthCare #Portables #Health