# Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak **URL:** \ **Category:** Covid19\ **Created:** [May 7, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732 "2026-05-07T22:24:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/snikelfritz/32/5728_2.png) [@Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Snikelfritz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/1 "2026-05-07T22:24:44Z")
Placeholder. Confirmed human to human transmission, but: [![](https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/funny-hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-tweets-5-7-26-29.png.webp) ](https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/funny-hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-tweets-5-7-26-29.png.webp) ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/2 "2026-05-08T10:01:28Z")
I will say that with morning news in London bouncing between council elections and the hantavirus, and a couple of folks coughing/sneezing on the train to Heathrow, pandemic is on my mind. Maybe I’ll be lucky and be required to self-isolate for the next 8 weeks once I’m home. That would spare me an upcoming week of drama with the inlaws… ---
**Author:** ![Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/snikelfritz/32/5728_2.png) [@Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Snikelfritz)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/3 "2026-05-08T10:36:01Z")
I could go for some wfh, but would like to avoid the whole lock down thing again this go around. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/4 "2026-05-08T10:49:46Z")
I must remember to stockpile some decent TP. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/5 "2026-05-08T12:51:27Z")
> **[Britons on virus-hit cruise ship will be tested before charter flight back to UK](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yr41vq2ero)** > > Five cases of hantavirus have been confirmed in total, including one of the three passengers on the MV Hondius who died. ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/6 "2026-05-08T13:43:53Z")
I recall a hantavirus epidemic in the mid-/late-1980’s in Western Colorado (where I grew up). At the time, there was a lot of speculation about its source & treatment; but I think they were able to nail that down pretty well. So I don’t see “pandemic” being a thing for this given that there is quite a bit known about the virus. I would be very cautious about media reports about “pandemic potential” on it as this is very likely going to be done for the click-bait/click-rage factor. (Not saying that every outlet has this as its goal–I trust the BBC–but even the reputable outlets will likely have journalist who won’t dig deep enough in their reporting.) ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/7 "2026-05-08T13:57:56Z")
None of the articles I’ve read are calling this the next global pandemic. Virologists are quoted as saying this virus is SO different from covid and flu that they are not concerned about it in the same way. Headlines make it sound a lot scarier than it really is. ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/8 "2026-05-08T14:22:19Z")
All the same about clickbait, maybe we should forward it to our HR team who recently finished rolling out the latest RTO update… ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/9 "2026-05-08T15:32:29Z")
But it is a nice break from all the stupid Trump 💩 that would otherwise occupy the news cycle. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/10 "2026-05-11T01:46:36Z")
> **[British paratroopers land on Tristan da Cunha for suspected hantavirus case](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/paratroopers-britain-overseas-territory-suspected-hantavirus-case)** > > Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/11 "2026-05-12T15:47:52Z")
The main thing about COVID is we were already half-expecting a coronavirus to mutate and kill millions of people. It was at the very top of the pandemic risks, and we were eagerly studying what would happen if a deadly version of SARS caught a very transmittable spike protein. We were searching everywhere for that virus, and even thinking about making our own, for some reason. We already knew that the high transmission, low death rate, and low symptoms could be a perfect storm. We don’t really know much about this virus. We know it’s closely related to the Andes strain, but we don’t know a lot about that either. A couple poorly understood epidemics and some poorly understood genetics, and maybe some completely unknown mutations. The main reassurance is that on the whole, a random unknown virus is very unlikely to be as scary as COVID. ---
**Author:** ![Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/snikelfritz/32/5728_2.png) [@Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Snikelfritz)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/12 "2026-05-13T02:16:08Z")
I’m hoping we can go straight to masks and avoid the shutdown thing this go around. Isolation protocols not followed in The Netherlands, a bunch of healthcare workers to isolate. [https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/planes-with-hantavirus-cruise-passengers-land-netherlands-hospital-quarantines-2026-05-12/](https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/planes-with-hantavirus-cruise-passengers-land-netherlands-hospital-quarantines-2026-05-12/) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/13 "2026-05-16T22:51:50Z")
Confirmed case in Canada. > **[Canada confirms first hantavirus case in isolation in British Columbia](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/16/canada-first-hantavirus-case-british-columbia)** > > The person was onboard the MV Hondius, the center of the outbreak that has claimed three lives ---
**Author:** ![Macroman](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Macroman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Macroman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/14 "2026-05-17T00:18:01Z")
Are all of these cases from the cruise ship outbreak? I’ll be a lot more concerned if it’s verified that some cases are unrelated to the cruise ship. ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/15 "2026-05-17T03:14:27Z")
Trump said not to worry about it. I think we’re all good. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![OldTimer](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/8797f3/32.png) [@OldTimer](https://community.goactuary.com/u/OldTimer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/16 "2026-05-17T14:39:15Z")
When do lock downs start? ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak/12732/17 "2026-05-17T15:19:26Z")
Ugh, we already have hundreds of masks at home from the previous pandemic.